Sweetpeas 4

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Morning. I couldn’t resist one last quick stab at these before they all fade. No purple ones left though which was weird. Anyway, the joy is I get to do it all again when they come out in the UK, that’s if there are any left to buy as seedlings.
Right, I’m going offline for a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I’m going on an exciting adventure and taking my paints with me but it’s pretty remote so no chance of wifi. I will try and post the paintings I do when I get back and then I’ll be back at the easel in the UK for a while. See you then!
1712 Sweetpeas 4

Plums and sake cup

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Listening to Bob Dylan on the Ipod and painting……..what more can a girl want. The sun is shining but I can’t be tempted.
Plums today.

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Mackerel

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I’ve been busy finishing off this one so no daily painting for today. This is a larger one 30×40 and boy, did it get smelly in the studio! Need to work faster if I’m going to carry on the fish theme. I have a fancy to do a crab but I think they’re sold live here and I can’t bring myself to either boil it or let it die slowly and certainly don’t want to find it halfway across the studio floor in the morning – dilemma!

30x40cm oil on canvas

30x40cm oil on canvas

Nasturtiums in a stone jar

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Whoops. Forgot to post yesterday so here it is. Have a great weekend.

1707 nasturtiums in stone jar

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Coronation mugs

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It’s been a while since I’ve painted these but what with it being HM The Queen’s 90th birthday, I thought perhaps I would. Seems to be a hive of industry here in preparation for the festivities……balloons, jellies, pass the parcel. No, not really, think it will be a little more refined, but you never know!

1710 coronation mugs

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Guava

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So, apparently the UK is enjoying a bright, sunny day today. How lovely. We are here too but it’s quite hot and getting a little uncomfortable. I grabbed these Guava (Guavas?) in the greengrocer but once painted, never sure what to do with them.

1708 Guava

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Pears and nasturtiums

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The orange of these pears seemed to echo the nasturtiums, so in they went. Can’t say the pear was as delicious as it’s colour suggested but never mind eh? I have a couple of places left on the June workshops if anybody would like one.

1709 Pears and nasturtiums

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Molly

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Apologies, thought this had sent on Friday but evidently not. Here’s Friday’s blog then;

I did this quick sketch on Wednesday of a lovely young lady called Molly who was kind enough to sit.
Not sure I’ve done her justice but time didn’t permit too much in the way of improvement. Have a great weekend.

Molly

Molly

Nasturtiums in a ginger jar

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Morning all. No blog yesterday as I had no internet – not an altogether unusual occurence here. I did manage to get a lot of painting done though so that’s a plus. And a visit to a jewellry maker but that’s another matter! The weather is getting pretty steamy here with the pre-monsoon heat so an easel in the air-conditioning is quite where I want to be midday.

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Sweetpeas 2

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Another aborted plein-air attempt. This time, I’d left half my paints at home! I think I’m jinxed this week so repaired to the house for some more sweetpea painting.

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