I thought I might try my hand at making a digital print from one of my drawings done in the park and spent a good few hours producing this. Hmmm! The scan also highlights our need to get a new printer which is producing a nasty line down the image.
In conjunction with Cloudhopper Gallery I have arranged a series of sketching classes to be held in Hotham Park in June and July. Today was the first one and in typical contrariness it rained. We were to meet at the Bandstand where we could be dry but all bar one man stayed away so he enjoyed…
Many of the trees in Hotham park are quite old and this one has obviously been a des-res for a woodpecker at some point in its history.
The final day of May and at last a bit of sun. Into the park this morning and it was well worth the trouble as the gardens look lovely. The little Mediterranean garden is awash with yellow. To me sketches are a bit like maps giving you a fix on where to go. Why not just…
I came across a wonderful display of Cow parsley and Campion in a wild area of Hotham and perhaps rather foolishly I have started on a painting of it. Sometimes I think I have a perverse gluttony for punishment! This is the first stage and it all looks rather pasty but no doubt after several sessions…
I always think finishing a painting is the most difficult part of the process. Knowing when to stop and assessing what still needs to be done is crucial as it is so easy to over work a piece and lose something in the process. I worked on this yesterday but this morning felt it still…
This afternoon I attacked this painting again and this is the result.There is still a bit more to do but It has got to the stage where I will have to be careful not to overwork.
I can’t resist posting a picture of the Lodge house border again with the lovely species wild gladioli bulbs in flower.
This morning I’ve had another go at this and I think it may be finished but as so often happens after the work has dried and hung around in my studio for a while I inevitably see something I need to correct.
Hotham Park Lodge has a wonderful little mixed border which looks good all year round but is particularly attractive at the moment. I spent a long time drawing some of the plant textures in pencil and at last the sun was warm enough for me to sit for an hour without getting cold.
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