SKETCHING IN THE COURTYARD AT DARTINGTON Today we revisited Dartington Hall to do some more sketching. It was still very hot, but there was also a nice fresh breeze which made things more bearable. We each found a shady spot in the courtyard to sit. This time I sketched part of the west…
SKETCHING IN THE GREAT HALL AT DARTINGTON On Saturday morning we went to Dartington again to sketch. It was still very hot but starting to be overcast, and towards the end of the morning my hubby joined me inside, saying it was raining. Fortunately this shower was very short-lived, and the weather was…
SKETCHING AT DARTINGTON On Saturday we went to Dartington Hall to do some sketching. I did two, with lunch in between. The entrance to the courtyard This has always been a favourite view of mine. Unfortunately I didn't get the proportions right in this one - as usual I squashed it! Also I…
SKETCHING AT COCKINGTON AGAIN Yesterday we had another outing to Cockington, this time to share a meal at The Drum with friends. We set off early enough to get in some sketching time before lunch. After some pretty awful and cold weather from the beginning of June, things began to pick up a…
OUTING TO COCKINGTON - MY BIRTHDAY TREAT Yesterday was my birthday, and today we visited the beautiful Devon village of Cockington, to have a meal out, and to do some sketching. Cockington is full of picturesque thatched buildings, many built in the Arts and Crafts style. We had lunch at The Drum, which…
SHOSHIVILLE BY MOONLIGHT - NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR HOUSES I have been planning to do a quirky houses negative painting for a while, and made a collection of drawings in my designs and patterns book for reference. This drawing was quite a complicated one to do, and I hit one or two roadblocks along the…
OUR CEANOTHUS IN WATERCOLOUR Our ceanothus bush is in full bloom at the moment, and for several days I wanted to paint it. I took this photo from outside the back door, looking up towards the garage at the top of the garden. Creating the reference photo I thought the angle was quite…
COMPLETING THE PEN AND WATERCOLOUR MODULE IN THE ONLINE ART COURSE I can't believe I have completed yet another module in the course - the fifth of eleven, so nearly half way through! The next one, coloured pencils, is the last one concentrating on a particular medium. The remaining modules are subject-based, where…
ONLINE ART COURSE - SMALL SKETCHES IN WATERCOLOUR AND INK PENS PT 2 This afternoon my hubby and I sat down to complete this project with the final four of eight small sketches of buildings using watercolour and ink pens in a very loose sketchy style. I thought I wasn't going to enjoy…
ONLINE ART COURSE - SMALL SKETCHES IN WATERCOLOUR AND INK PENS When I saw what was to come in this project, I thought I wasn't going to enjoy it much, because the loose sketchy style really isn't my thing. However, I was pleasantly surprised! My hubby and I worked on the first four…
