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Mandarin Duck
Having joined the small group on Facebook headed by Gerard Hendriks and Robin Berry, the latest subject is a Mandarin Duck. This is a really colourful bird and makes for a very colour conscious...
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The Eagle `Corrected' plus Work-in-Progress.
I have tweaked the eagle painting, not a great deal but specifically three small areas suggested by Yvonne, Jan and Mick. I darkened the branch, removing as much of the green as I could. There is...
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Sqiggle
Today's subject at Avon Valley Artists was `Squiggle'! Not the most exciting of subjects but we don't take the easy route and have many challenging subjects. There were fourteen present and we were...
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Red-Cowled Cardinal
This tropical bird is the latest subject on the Facebook `Painting Colorful Birds for Fun' page. Here are my efforts.I have to confess these two are cropped from the original painting. red-cowled...
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The March Challenge
In March it was Mick's choice of subject and this is it.Lindisfarne.A very famous monastery on the (holy) island of Lindisfarne off the north-east coast of Northumbria, it was constructed in the...
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Shadows
This was the subject at today's Avon Valley Artists session. Attendance was only ten, one of whom was a new member. This is due to half-term week with several either on holiday or looking after...
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The Bullfinch and the Bee-eaters
I finally finished the Bullfinch painting so here it is.Male Bullfinch. 16" x 12 Waterford 140lb (300gsm) NotThe black is Ivory Black from Maimeri. Blue is Cerulean and the orange-red is mainly...
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Watercolour Painting on a Budget 2013 Pt.1 Paints
The last time I wrote on this subject was in June 2011 and I suggest - if interested - that you refer to that post as much is still relevant and I don't want to repeat myself. Since writing prices have...
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Latest `Colorful Bird'.
This weeks subject on the Facebook page `Paint Colorful Birds for Fun' is the Lapuli Bunting, an exotic bird, obviously from tropical climes, I'd not previously heard of. Anyone is welcome to join in...
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Just received the latest e-mail from Ken Bromley. Bromley have taken on Maimeri watercolours and also have Daniel Smith, as well as the long-standing Winsor & Newton and Daler Rowney artist...
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St.Johns Teahouse
Just to show it isn't all birds here is my effort at last weeks Avon Valley Artists session, the subject being `Roofs and Chimneys'. The subject I chose is the King John Teahouse at Lacock, Wiltshire,...
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Spring at Avon Valley Artists
Spring has finally arrived after what some farmers are calling an `eighteen month' Winter. There were 17 members present and most chose to paint flowers.Yvonne Harry hard at work. You will see this...
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Sitting Bull
I have painted this famous Indian previously, at least twice, and this version in some respects is not quite such a good likeness but I feel better in other ways.Sitting Bull . Waterford 16" x 12"...
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Cobalt Violet - Pigment Violet 14 (PV14)
This is another interesting pigment labelled by Bruce McEvoy of Handprint as a `Top Forty' pigment. Not everyone agrees, Michael Wilcox calls it `gummy and weak'. I think I know what he means but it...
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Thinking out Loud.
View from our bedroom window at 8am today.For those interested in the Cobalt Violet item I've now added John Softly's views based on his testing of several makes. Taken together with the balance of the...
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Eurasian Nuthatch
The Eurasian Nuthatch, looking very similar to the European one, is the latest subject on the Facebook `Painting Colorful Birds for Fun'. I have had two shots at it for which see below.Waterford 11" x...
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Stan Miller
Since joining Facebook I have discovered numerous fabulous watercolour artists, of whom I was previously unaware. One such is the American Stan Miller. As well as watercolour Stan also paints with egg...
View ArticleAnother Charles Reid Workshop
Between May 6 - 10 I shall be on a Charles Reid workshop at Stow-in-the-Wold in Gloucestershire. This area is called the Cotswolds and is one of the most scenic areas in England. Judi Reid told me...
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Charles Reid at Stow - 5 - 11 May 2013
This was my fifth Charles Reid workshop, set in the picturesque small Cotswold town of Stow - in - the Wold. Actually I wasn't over impressed with the town, as there were quite a few empty shops and in...
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Charles Reid at Stow - Day Two
On Tuesday morning, the second day, the weather turned out to be the best of the week. The original plan had been that Tuesday morning would be free time with the workshop commencing at 1.pm. The...
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