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Landscape – ‘Assynt, Scotland’ – Watercolour Landscape

22 Friday Feb 2013

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'Assynt - Scotland'

‘Assynt – Scotland’

This picture was painted from a photograph my Daughter took whilst on an Earth Science field trip. They were actually camping out on the side of a mountain in below zero conditions. Having been on field trips similar beforehand, when the offer was put to the group “Who will dig out a toilet for camp?” My daughter quickly raised her hand and proceeded with the task. Why, you may ask did she volunteer? The reason being, that, at the end of the trip, there is no call for volunteers just a pointed finger to the chosen person to fill the toilet in – AND its never pointed at the person who dug the hole in the first place! She has always been quick to learn!!

A beautiful part of Scotland.

 

 

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Landscape – ‘Casterton Bridge’ -Watercolour Landscape

18 Monday Feb 2013

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Casterton Bridge -Kirby Lonsdale

Casterton Bridge -Kirby Lonsdale

This simple watercolour was done from a photograph I took Whilst on a day trip to the Cumbrian countryside. I had never been here before and nearly missed the bridge, just at the last minute I escaped from the car (after my husband had stopped!) and poked my way through the bushes to take this very angled photograph.

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Portraits -Musicians in Watercolour – Watercolour Portraits

15 Friday Feb 2013

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Musicians in Watercolour

Musicians in Watercolour

This is almost a small mini series of watercolours I did concentrating on musicians I know, with their instruments. All the paintings were done from photographs I took. Several of the images below have their own separate posting in Portraits  (As they are of my Son! One of him with his violin, his main instrument and one on his saxophone, I even had him pose with a guitar so I could paint it – even though he doesn’t play one!! – playing in his younger years!!!) or Street Art 

My little boy!

My little boy!

Sax -  All the way to the top too!

Sax – All the way to the top too!

Mayday Festivities - Oxford University

Mayday Festivities – Oxford University

'Artists at Play - Mayday'
Oxford University Students

‘Artists at Play – Mayday’
Oxford University Students

String Quartet, St. Ann's SquareManchester

String Quartet, St. Ann’s Square Manchester

Buskin' in Bolton

Buskin’ in Bolton

 

 

 

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Still Life – ‘Oxbridge Students’ – Watercolour Still Life

02 Saturday Feb 2013

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Oxbridge students

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!?

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Landscape – ‘Sunrise At The Barn’ – Watercolour Landscape

30 Wednesday Jan 2013

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'Sunrise At The Barn'

‘Sunrise At The Barn’

This watercolour was more of a doodle than based on any actual scene. I was playing around with colours which seem to arise on a cold misty dawn. In my imagination this is how the painting played out, connecting everything together by using the same colours throughout, from the sky, the trees across the barn and down to the ground. The pathway between the barbed wire fencing I added later to give the painting more perspective. Quite pleased with my imaginary doodle!

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Still Life – ‘Jack and Jill (On a Ledge Series) -Watercolour version

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

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'Jack and Jill'  - On a Ledge Series - (Watercolour version)

‘Jack and Jill’ – (On a Ledge Series) – Watercolour version

Bored and uninspired one day, I stood in my kitchen wondering what I could draw? Whilst wondering I absent mindedly started tidying and rearranging things on the ledge. I’m not one for nice pot ornaments, rather have slightly wacky or weird decorative things around! So, as I now had a disarrayed pile of things I had moved and a clean window ledge – The idea struck me. I could use it as a little staging area for a series of still life pictures!!!

The idea for “On a Ledge Series” was born.  Above is one version of ‘Jack and Jill’, two little rag dolls my daughter brought home from a trip abroad. This particular one is done in watercolour. Other posts of Jack and Jill for the future will be a version in soft pastel and one in oils.

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Street Art – ‘Artists at Play – Mayday!’ – Oxford University Students – Watercolour Street Art

19 Saturday Jan 2013

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'Artists at Play - Mayday'Oxford University Students

‘Artists at Play – Mayday’
Oxford University Students.

This watercolour was done from another colourful photograph my Daughter sent to me whilst she was studying at Worcester College, Oxford. It depicts one of the many activities which take place each year, as students celebrate Mayday in the centre of Oxford.  (See ‘Mayday Festivities’ – Also in Street Art)

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Landscape – Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield – Watercolour Landscape

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield

‘Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield’

I have painted two versions of this scene, both in watercolour. This is the ‘Snowy’ version, where I had great fun imagining and creating the landscape with snow on it. The other version is with a lush green landscape. (See ‘Cycling in Macclesfield’ – also in Landscapes)

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Portrait – ‘My Little Ones’ – Watercolour Portrait

12 Saturday Jan 2013

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My Little ones!

‘My Little ones!’

I had an idea one day, to dress my children up in old fashioned clothes.  We had a lot of fun as they ‘posed’ for photographs in flat cap and hat around the house. A few years later whilst looking over old photographs, I settled on the picture above, even though my Son was pulling a funny face, and decided to paint it in watercolour. The small photograph in the bottom corner is the actual one I worked from.

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Portrait – Watercolour of My Daughter

10 Thursday Jan 2013

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It's ALL about the Results!

It’s ALL about the Results!

This is a picture of True Happiness. My Daughter a few years ago after She received her A Level results – 5 Grade A’s! She had only planned to take four exams originally to try for Oxford University, though after we went on an Open Day, the Professors told her Physics would also be an advantage. So unperturbed she went back to College and told them she wanted to do physics as well. They told her, “Unfortunately you don’t have any time on your timetable to do it at College” Again, not put off by this, She asked them to put her in for the exam. She was going to teach herself A Level Physics. Which she did, AND got the highest mark in the year at her College. We were so proud of her, as we still are Today with all her achievements.

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