Poppies – ‘Poppy Perfection’ Oil on box canvas Poppy

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‘Poppy Perfection’

In this painting the main thing I wanted to convey to the canvas was the transparency of the the petal with the sunlight shining through in the early morning. The reason I titled it ‘Poppy perfection’ was that I caught this flower on photograph at the pinnacle of its existence. It really was a good year in my garden for poppies (See also my other paintings of poppies especially Oil Painting – Still Life – ‘Poppies on Parade’ which was a collection of flowers from my garden) But I still think this was the most perfect and beautiful poppy I think I have ever see. As if to highlight that fact I painted the background quite abstractly to show the comparison. Whilst the background flowers in my opinion needed to be there for the composition of the still life I didn’t want their distraction from the main focus of the Poppy!

Pen and ink – Chipping Campden, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pen and Ink

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Chipping Campden, Cotswolds

This little village street scene of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds can also be seen in my Pencil Drawings section. It was done from a photograph taken whilst on a family holiday. I do like to recreate some of my artwork in different mediums. The pen and ink illustration gives a very crisp no fuss kind of picture, whilst, I think, the pencil drawing gives a softer, more romanticised feel to the scene. It amazes me how two scenes exactly the same appear so different even when drawn by the same person. It is almost as if the ink illustration conveys matter of factly “I am, what I am” whereas the pencil drawing has more character and depth somehow, even though they are similarly shaded.

(I have included the pencil drawing below so a comparison of style can be seen together)

(Which can be seen in Pencil Drawings)

 

Pencil Drawing – ‘Up The Cobbled Street of Rye’, Sussex – Drawing in Pencil

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‘Up The Cobbled Street of Rye’

This drawing was done from an old photograph taken whilst on holiday in the South of England many years ago. I took a photograph looking down the street at the same time, a pencil drawing of which can be found also in Pencil drawings, titled; ‘Down a Cobbled Street in Rye’

Pencil Drawing – ‘Down The Cobbled Street of Rye’, Sussex – Drawing in Pencil

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‘Down The Cobbled Street of Rye’

This detailed pencil drawing was done from an old photograph taken whilst on holiday in the south of England, many years ago.  At the time I took a photograph looking up the street as well, which I also drew in pencil and it can be found in pencil drawings, titled; ‘Up The Cobbled Street in Rye’

Still Life – ‘Oxbridge Students’ – Watercolour Still Life

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Oxbridge students

As everything seemed to be frozen in time in this scene, I decided to post it in Still Life. This painting was done from a photograph my Daughter sent to me, whilst studying at Worcester College, Oxford, it is of her friends from Oxford and Cambridge universities. It seems a simply idyllic moment of student life, sitting on the banks of the river discussing maybe their subjects, life or even what budget they have left to buy dinner that night – Who knows!?

Pencil – ‘High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pencil

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High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds

This is another pencil sketch of the beautiful village of Broadway in the Cotswolds, it was done from a photograph taken on a family holiday many years ago. Just last week we stopped off at the village on a trip down to London. The surrounding countryside on the day we arrived was like something out of a fairy tale. There had been several inches of snow and the tree lined roads looked like a scene from Austria in wintertime. As we walked along the main street I noticed that many of the shops now had new residents, indeed The Bindery Gallery as I have drawn above is now longer in business in High Street at this location.

Landscape – ‘Stonehenge In The Sun – Oil painting Landscape

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‘Stonehenge In The Sun’

As of many people in the past, and possibly of the future, I have a great fascination with Stonehenge. So much so that whilst redesigning our garden a few years ago we unearthed quite a few old stone path edgers. Being just a little bit weird, I decided they would make a great mini Stonehenge in the corner of our garden- And there they still stand today. On Another occasion, many years ago,  I redecorated one of our living rooms and thought it could do with a focal point – before you knew it there was a 12 foot by 6 foot mural of Stonehenge painted in the style of Constable, again I love it so much it still remains today. Though, the oil painting above was done from a photograph I took on the only actual visit I had to the historical site. Fortunately, the day was beautifully sunny and cast light and shade perfectly on the Old stones!

Landscape – ‘ Along The Lane’ – Oil Painting of Local Landscape

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Oil Painting of Local Landscape ‘Along the Lane’ in Oils

For those of you who have been through ALL my landscapes so far, You may think I have repeated this scene. True, but, though the previous post was done in Soft Pastel and mounted it measures only 20″ x 16″, this picture above is in fact much larger. It was done on 100 x 80 cm box canvas and painted in oils. I tried to recreate the scene as closely as possible to the photograph I had taken (Though I did take artistic licence and added some colourful foliage at the bottom of the railings – with the canvas so large the railings seemed to overtake the landscape too much).  By use of the oils I wanted to convey light, shadows, colours and textures but at the same time convey also the tranquillity  It is a scene I have recreated several times in different mediums. As this version was the largest, I managed to get more detail in. I love the colours and reflections on the water. From the cottage gardens in the rear of the picture, right across the fishing lodge in the foreground there seems to be an equal share of colours, bringing the whole picture together!

See Pastel Drawing of Local Landscape – ‘ALONG THE LANE’ – also  in Landscapes

Landscape – ‘Edgworth over to St. Anne’s – Soft Pastel Landscape

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‘Edgworth over to St. Anne’s

This landscape, done in soft pastel, was done from a photograph I’d taken on a beautiful Autumn day. The colours were superb and I think I have just about done them justice in this landscape of a local countryside scene!

Pencil Drawing – Snowshill, Cotswolds – Pencil sketch

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Snowshill, Cotswolds

These two pencil drawings of Snowshill, in the Cotswolds were done from old photographs taken on family holidays. This is a beautiful, tiny, village in the Cotswolds. It is almost just one street wrapped around a church and graveyard. Below is another pencil sketch of Snowshill Church.