I finished the cosmos painting today and have been working on a new larger composition.
Month: July 2010
The cosmos in my garden
I’ve not been keeping up with my blog lately. I hope you haven’t given up on me! There’s been a lot going on, guests to look after and… I’ve signed on to Redbubble! It’s an art and photo sharing site and it is very habit forming. There is a lot of excellent photography and art to browse….you could spend hours. You make friends too and spend time commenting on other peoples’ work and responding to comments on your work. Very absorbing.
Cottage doorways and hollyhock seeds
North Norfolk Memories
Back from Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast where I did do some sketching, mostly with non permanent pen and wash, which I found was the most convenient way of recording what I saw. Just a felt tip, one brush and some water. But I have to say that mostly I looked and took lots of photos. Blakeney is a bit special…it’s a conservation area, so will not change or be developed and this is reassuring. It’s a quay with a tidal creek dominated by the amorphous spread of the Blakeney Hotel and then a small settlement of buildings and cottages meandering up the hill away from the quay.
Good intentions…the spirit is willing but…
Yes, I do intend to sketch and paint en plein air in North Norfolk by the sea. And the cottage has wifi so I should be able to keep in touch. I have A4 size sketch books a plenty, both cartridge paper and watercolour paper types and will take my palette filled with colour from tubes and I’ll have pens (felt tipped art pens), permanent and non permanent to sketch with. So wish me luck and I will report back. In the meantime, new visitors, please have a look at the older posts in this blog. There is plenty to see. You can simply scroll down to the bottom and then click on older posts or choose from the side menu. And please leave a comment to stop me feeling lonely! Would love to hear why you are reading this blog and about you.