This 60x60cm work is the second in the series inspired by looking up into tree canopies though it still has a long way to go. I have done 4 sessions so far and here are the last three, I failed to record the first. I failed to record the first.
Had another session on this yesterday and realised it needs to be the other way up. Will have one more go at it then move on to the next in the series.
In the last post I shared some of my reference shot for a new set of paintings inspired by looking up into trees. These two photos are of atage one and two of a painting in progress called ‘Dapple’.
Always looking for fresh ways to depict the Park I started the first painting of 2018. Last year I decided to do a series of works inspired by looking up into the trees in the Park. I took a set of resource photos to use. Some of them are deliberatly out of focus but I…
I met with the sketcher’s group today, it was COLD but here is the result. 2017 has been a very unproductive year artistically for various reasons which I won’t bore you with but I’m ready to roll for 2018. As I have given away or sold quite a lot of my paintings I need to…
Its been along time since I’ve been able to go to the Park or anywhere as we have kept ourselves away from people to avoid my husband getting an infection before a big lung operation. The operation is now over and very successful. Today I was able to join the sketchers in the Park. It…
A couple of years ago a pond with a damaged lining making it useless, except in times of extreme wet weather, was re-landscaped into a gravel garden with a small pond and rill. the landscaping has matured and looked lovely this year.
Sir Richard Hotham began his working life as a hatter before becoming an entrepreneur and politician. The park was his estate and he built himself a house of which the clock tower is the only remaining part. Hatters had a reputation of madness which was due to the chemicals, including mercury, used in the hat…
‘Not another tree’ I can hear you say but this Yew is one I hadn’t noticed before and as the sketcher’s group meeting is only an hour I thought I had better get on with it. I don’t feel I have done this justice and will probably return to draw it again.
Last week I had a gazebo showing my work at the Hotham Park Country Fair. I was asked to ‘demonstrate’ so there was nothing for it but get out a large sheet of pastel paper and have a go at representing the scene opposite which was the Lions tea and beer tent. I have called…
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