I painted with watercolour over my pen and ink drawing today. I love historic buildings and this one in the town of Oxford is very well known. The use of the word ‘Camera’ comes from Latin which means ‘Room’. It was built in the English Palladian Style and was completed in 1749. It was used and named as the ‘Radcliffe Science Library’ originally, but now it is known as the ‘Radcliffe Camera’, serving as a reading room for the ‘Bodleian’. I am so fortunate to live in a country that’s full of historic buildings and gorgeous places to visit. Here is a link if you fancy delving a little deeper into…
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Diary Entry-21/05/2018-Venice in Watercolour/Pen&Ink
I haven’t written a post for the last few days because the time has been full of woe, worries and a car accident! I just haven’t been in the right frame of mind to write anything, mainly because my mind has been on other things. Thankfully, I came out of my car practically unscathed after having being rammed from behind with such an almighty bang. I had only a few scratches and my neck survived with only a mild case of whiplash, which I can say I’m very surprised about. My car’s good to me, it really is. I have nothing but admiration for it now. Obviously, if you’ve ever…
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Street in Greece
I like using pen and ink when I’ve finished a painting. I wanted to put in another washing line but I refrained from doing so on this occasion. It was a hot sunny day today in England and I wanted to paint a scene abroad.
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Italian Street in Watercolour
I painted this scene from a photograph of an Italian street. I love to see washing lines in paintings so I put one in!
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Kingfisher in Mixed-Media
Not entirely happy with this one. I rushed it a bit with the wings and kind of gave up, but I’ve decided to post it anyway to show my mistakes. I like the face though ????
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Swan in Watercolour
My first attempt at water. I think it’s OK; I kept it simple.
