It feels like Summer. We are enjoying a wonderful week of sunshine. Of course, it has to be enjoyed while it is here! We had a walk on the shore and for once I never collected anything to...
If you follow my blog you will know how I love butterflies. This week I have been drawing the Orange tipped butterfly. We have had some very wet days but also some bright sunny moments wh...
We went for a walk to one of my favourite Beaches. It is a long stretch of beautiful sand , and the day was perfect with sunshine and a clear blue sky. The wind was another matter , it was icy cold! ...
The other day we went to the next village to post a parcel. It is a few miles along the coast and was once a fishing village so there are still a few boats about. We decided to wander down to t...
a drawing of a violet in sepia inkOn Sunday afternoon we took advantage of the fine day and went for a walk through the fields and visited the wood. It was very very black sky over the hills bu...
It has been a week of high tides. I have watched each day as the water gushed in and covered the estuary. I really wanted to go and see if it had brought something for me to draw, a...
Flowers picked from my garden to wish everyone aHAPPY EASTERI had a lovely time at Brighton, the weather was wonderful and it was good to see my daughter and spend some time with her. She was t...
It is glorious here and the sun is shining and has been for days. I have been in the garden and enjoyed seeing the insects as I weeded. The daffodils, cowslips, blue grape hyacinths...
I have picked the first fritillary flower from my garden and some buds of this beautiful flower. It is quite early this year as it usually does not flower until the end of March an...
I wanted to capture some of the beautiful oak leaves that I collected from the river side. They are all in different stages of decay and they are a subject which I never tire of drawing. I chos...
Last week I collected lots of snail shells from the hedgerows. They are empty shells and have faded colours of blues and grey and brown. This is the common garden snail and you usu...
On Saturday I went for a walk and as usual I was scanning the ground and the hedgerows. The hedgerows are very bare, so it is lovely to see the new plants growing and an odd flower appearing. I...
On Sunday we had a lovely sunny day perfect for a walk. I wondered if the crocuses were out at the churchyard and as we were passing by that way I could have a peep through the gate and see if ...
I have painted another page into my square book, a little composition of objects found in the snow. The pale blue shell was a find off the shore a while ago and left outside. I noti...
This week I thought I would show you something I have drawn using a dip pen with a fine nib and sepia ink. I am playing with different nibs and watering down the acrylic drawing ink and h...
Yesterday we woke to a white frosty world. The views were amazing and it was a day not to be missed, so off we went for a walk. It was a chance for me to try out my new camera, a surprise...
I went for a walk across the shore on a beautiful bright sunny day and collected a bag full of objects. Since then the weather has really changed with a drop in the temperature and some sto...
I have started the year off well with lots of exercise. My Tai chi class and then a yoga evening class and now a long walk around the village with the up hill section that always gets me puffin...
Happy New Year to everyone. I have been thinking about what I might do this year and then decided to not make huge plans and just have fun and enjoy. Last year I bought lots of new c...
Here is my week 52 page and my year long project completed. I have also completely filled my sketch book and was actually on the very last page. I wondered what I would find as I entered ...
Here is my page for week 51. At a very busy time of the year I planned to take my walk on Sunday. It worked out fine, the dinner was busy cooking in the oven, everything prepared for our ...
Here is my week 50 page. We had a surprise when we woke up to snow last Friday. Huge snowflakes were falling and it all looked like we were going to be a snow scene. Thick clouds covered ...
Here is my double page for Week 49. I have spent many hours working on the detail of the objects but I am really pleased with the finished pages. After the walk on Saturday I sa...
As I sit here posting my week 48 I am listening to the hailstones lashing against the windows straight off the sea shore. We woke up to our first snow, the hills are white and we had a little s...
Here is my page for Week 47. I had a little break away and visited my best friend in Wales, we met at teacher training college in Liverpool nearly 40 years ago. It was so nice to se...
Week 46 is a drawing of a dead bird. We think it is a Carrion Crow. I was wondering what I might find to draw as we closed the gate and stepped onto the shore. The light was poor as...
Week 45. We had our first frost last Monday night. It made me realise I still had bulbs to plant, so I quickly organised a trip to buy some spring bulbs and get them planted before i...
Week 44. On Saturday we had a beautiful day, a day to just slowly stroll along the shore and take in the views. The grass looked so green, the sky a soft shade of blue and the sun brighte...
My week 43 double page is beautifully detailed as I worked with a number three sable brush to put in every tiny little shape. We had a huge tide last Thursday which covered the shore. I r...
So week 42 and I really enjoyed this one. After a busy Saturday at a craft fair I went onto the shore on Sunday morning. It was a rather grey day with a strong wind bl...
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