I haven’t been on a holiday for the past five years, which is a pretty long time. I was thinking the other day of the times I used to visit the seaside as a child, and I have memories of the fairgrounds with the carousel, the big wheel and the helter skelter. I have taken on my own project of painting fairground rides from the past. Here is my first of a Helter Skelter in watercolour and pen.
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Diary Entry 19/06/2018-Painting a Seascape
Once again art class was great this evening. We were instructed on how to paint a seascape, which is something I’ve never attempted because I have a fear of painting water. I find it very difficult. Our tutor gave us four different ways of doing this, which I’ll write about in a future post. I have included the method that I used so you can have a go if you fancy. It really is quite straightforward. Ingredients: Watercolour paper (You can buy a pad of 12 sheets from ‘The Works’ for £2), Palette or a white plate, Your biggest brush (mop), medium sized brush, masking fluid, rubber and pencil. Watercolour…
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Radcliffe Camera, Oxford/Mixed-Media
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!
