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Sharing some lemons to say that my @sitefestival o

Sharing some lemons to say that my @sitefestival open studio is now closed! It's been a busy couple of weekends. A huge thank you 💖 to the 200+ people who came up our very steep stairs to see @helenfoxart and me. We were honoured that our oldest visitor was 94 - that's a first! Our youngest solo visitor was 11. There were a lot of lovely conversations, some sales - people like lemons - and now it's time to reflect, let the place get a bit messy again and look ahead.
#tiredartists
#openstudios
#summerevents
#meettheartist
#lemons
#sitefestival
#doneanddusted
#paintingtime

Getting the hang of gouache, sitting in the shade

Getting the hang of gouache, sitting in the shade in the garden yesterday. It's the second weekend of @sitefestival Open Studios; our doors are open from 11am to 6pm today and tomorrow - your chance to come and look through the sketchbooks!

At Piccadilly Mill you will find wonderful work by @deborahrobertsphotography in the courtyard, @helenfoxart and I have paintings, Anita Brayford has beautiful enamel panels across the lane at the top of the other building.
#openstudios
#meettheartists
#painting
#photography
#enamels
#stroudvalleys
#sketchbooks
#oilpainting

I spent a happy hour or so drawing in the Painswic

I spent a happy hour or so drawing in the Painswick @rococogarden this afternoon, where my paintings are on the café walls until the end of June. It was amazingly hot and still, so finding a shady haven to sit on my little camping mat and draw the pond was lovely. Not many people noticed me there; I could splash about with my Neocolors to my heart's content.
#drawingintheshade
#pondlife
#waterlilyleaves
#neocolor2
#summersun
#juneafternoon
#gardendrawing
#pondweed
#peaceandquiet

@sitefestival Open Studios day one done and dusted

@sitefestival Open Studios day one done and dusted! 44 lovely people through my door some wonderful conversations. Thank you to everyone who bought cards or little paintings. Tomorrow @helenfoxart, @deborahrobertsphotography
#anitabrayford and I open our doors at Piccadilly Mill from 11am until 6pm. We're also here next weekend. Come and see us.
#openstudios
#directfromtheartist
#stroudartists
#meettheartist
#sunnyday
#explorestroud
#studiovisit

My painting 'Mont Saint Michel, early evening' is

My painting 'Mont Saint Michel, early evening' is having its mirror plates fitted this evening, ahead of delivery to @stroudbrewery which is hosting the Taster exhibition. Showcasing works by participants in the @sitefestival Open Studios weekends, 11/12th and 18/19th June, It's always a fantastic eclectic show. The brewery is always worth a visit!
@sitefestival
@stroudbrewery
#stroudartists
#artistsofinstagram
#showcase
#varietyisthespiceoflife
#taster
#openstudios
#summerevents
#studiovisits
#artcollectors
#buydirectfromtheartists
#meettheartist

SOLD! I heard today that my painting River Frome i

SOLD! I heard today that my painting River Frome in dappled light has gone to a new home from my exhibition @rococogarden Painswick. Such lovely news; I hope the new owners enjoy having its tranquil green light on their walls.
#riverscape
#oilpaintersofinstagram
#stroudartist
#landscapepainting
#dappledlight

Norwegian Journey's end .. the view of the sound,

Norwegian Journey's end .. the view of the sound, from the 4th floor of the lovely Thon Hotel, Kirkenes before flying back to Heathrow from a tiny airport.
Standing at the window on dry land, with rocky sea-legs, Derwent Intense 'storm blue' pencil, Caran d'Ache Neocolors and a #Pentel white paint marker. Snow still lies in the hollows; the sun doesn't go down; the sky dims and glows and turns blue again. The magic happens one final time on our wonderful trip.
@hurtigruten
@carandache
@derwentartofficial
@thonhotels
#norway
#sealegs
#seaview
#midnightsun
#endoftheroad
#kirkenes
#onceinalifetimetrip

Colours of Norway, Midnight sun! A very hasty draw

Colours of Norway, Midnight sun! A very hasty drawing from the cabin window of a little village between coast and mountains as the sun sank a bit - and then rose again toward the morning without dipping below the horizon. It is beyond weird! Utterly magical, and it wrecks your sleep patterns.
@hurtigruten
@carandache
@seawhiteofbrighton
#octopussketchbook
#midnightsun
#simmerdim
#riseandshine
#youcansleepathome
#onceinalifetime
#coloursofnorway

More fast work from Norway! I took a tiny bottle o

More fast work from Norway! I took a tiny bottle of powdered ink and a stick to draw with - yes, I took a stick to Norway - doesn't everyone? These are Skerries - (lovely word!) - rocky islets that the sea often breaks over. An island is defined as 10m square or bigger, with at least some grass growing on it, and Norway has at least 300 000 of them!
@hurtigruten
@seawhiteofbrighton
#octopussketchbook
#norwayfacts
#skerries
#sealight
#silverysky
#inkandstick

It's up! My work is showing at The Rococo Garden,

It's up! My work is showing at The Rococo Garden, Painswick, Gloucestershire from now until the end of June. It's a lovely place, the coffee's good, the garden is utterly beautiful at this time of year. What better reasons to go and have a look?!
Thanks to @kimpalmer232 and Phoebe Hill for their help.
@rococogarden
#soloshow
#landscapepainting
#flowers
#rivers
#mayhill
#beehives
#charcoaldrawing
#oilpainter
#stroudartist
#amateurvideo
#hereforthestills

Heading North. Every step of the way something new

Heading North. Every step of the way something new appeared. The blue distance and the mountains were wonderful. There was still a lot of snow, even at the end of May. We watched the Spring creep like a flame across the country; lilacs in full bloom in Oslo, daffodils just out in Trondheim, catkins barely open in Kirkenes.
@hurtigruten
@seawhiteofbrighton
#octopussketchbook
#springissprung
#thenorth
#norway
#mountains
#gouache
#fastwork

I was trying to work out the best way to work on t

I was trying to work out the best way to work on the long pages of a Seawhite 'Octopus'sketchbook. Two images on a four-page spread. The left one is Leaving Ålesund and the right one is Skerries after Trondheim, with the page spread out on the shelf below the cabin window, and drawing materials spread about all round on edges and ledges. That was the main problem with working on a long sheet - space and support for the paper! I'd packed a bit of hardboard in my suitcase - doesn't everyone? and it did help to have something to rest on.
#ålesund
#trondheim
#neocolor2
#collagedpaper
#octopussketchbook
@hurtigruten
@seawhiteofbrighton
#skerries
#quickwork

Oslofjord, Norway on the way north. I was given a

Oslofjord, Norway on the way north. I was given a Seawhite 'Octopus' sketchbook for this trip, with pages that fold out into four, making long thin panoramic drawings a possibility. This is the first one, using Caran d'Ache gouache pans. I'm going to post these one at a time, having learned the hard way that they end up square if you're not very good at it! 🤔
#hurtigruten
#oslofjord
#@seawhiteofbrighton
#octopussketchbook
#foldoutpages
#lovelypaper
#gouache
#norwegiancolours
#norway
#voyages

First Norway sketchbook; the format of Instagram i

First Norway sketchbook; the format of Instagram is terrible for this - they're all cropped! It's a sequence as we travelled from Oslo to Bergen and then out up the coast on one of the Hurtigruten post ships, MS NordNorge all the way past the Arctic Circle to Kirkenes, unnervingly close to the Russian border. The trip was awe-inspiring; so much to take in, so much to process. I took two sketchbooks. This is the work from the first. I worked in them together - the other was a panoramic format.
Drawing had to be fast, we were moving constantly, so some are stronger than others, or just a few minutes' splashing about with Caran d'Ache Neocolors or Gouache.
@hurtigruten
#msnordnorge
@fastwork
#gouache
#voyaging
#arcticcircle
#landofthemidnightsun
#fleetingimpressions
#northcape

At last, a morning painting outside - weather, tim

At last, a morning painting outside - weather, time and paint all lined up perfectly for once, so that I could catch the yellows of a rape field near Bisley before it goes to seed! So lovely to be out painting and not frozen stiff, rained off or blown over! 😂

#pleinair
#alltheyellows
#goldenfields
#oilpaintersofinstagram
#stroudartist
#landscapepainting
#ducksinarow
#Gloucestershire

Not sure whether this is finished or not, but I've

Not sure whether this is finished or not, but I've been working on this painting of a May hedge, from a drawing I made on a trip to Goathland in North Yorkshire between lockdowns last year. The hedge was in full bloom, and so beautiful.

Making paintings from drawings is something new for me - I usually work from life if I can, or my own reference photos - but this has been an interesting experiment, worth persevering with.

May Hedge, Yorkshire, Oil on board, 10 X 14"
It's resting at the moment while I decide if it's finished or not! 🤭
#mayblossom
#springtime
#oilpainting
#paintingchallenge
#oilpaintersofinstagram
#sketchbookdrawing
#stroudartist
#springgreen
#isitfinishedyet ?

#sketchacrosstheworld22 Here's mine, from my grey

#sketchacrosstheworld22 Here's mine, from my grey and drizzly garden on a damp, chilly May day afternoon. I had a sketchbook page with a piece of dazzlingly orange tissue paper collaged onto it - what was I thinking?!
A cheery pot of orange, yellow and white violas that I planted up a couple of weeks ago started something to solve the collage problem, and my Caran d'Ache Neocolors helped. I was out there in coat, scarf and fingerless gloves for just 15 minutes.
#Gloucestershiregarden
#coldfingersandtoes
#neocolor2
#orange
#violas
#flowerstudy

Two little studies from my own photos using Caran

Two little studies from my own photos using Caran d'Ache gouache. Interesting stuff - it dries so fast! I like the flat opacity of it. I used to use it a lot for detailed little landscape paintings, years ago; I could work on them once my kids were in bed, but it's 25 years since I last did one. I'm trying to find a more loose way of working with it - it's taking practice, and a real fight against the way I used to use it. Learning every day!
@carandache
#gouache
#bigbrushes
#landscapestudies
#alottolearn
#makethepaintworkforyou
#pleinairnext
#stroudartist

I am excited to have a painting in this exhibition

I am excited to have a painting in this exhibition coming up at @sixteengallery in Cheltenham, from the 7th to the 17th May. There are such a range of approaches to landscape in the show, I'm really looking forward to seeing all the wonderful work.
#landscapepainting
#artgallery
#paintersofinstagram
#artcollectors

Work in progress! Gold bunny was crying out to be

Work in progress!
Gold bunny was crying out to be painted -and eaten -
But now it's too wet to work on, so needs to be left for a bit before the little details and final highlights go on. I painted it straight over an old painting I'd never been happy with, as I needed a square board, and its' time had come!
#happyeaster
#chocolatebunny
#lindtbunny
#oilpaintersofinstagram
#shinythings
#stroudartist

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