Gilkicker Fort at Gosport.
A lovely bright spring morning at Gilkicker Fort in Gosport. See sale Gallery too.
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Beach stones on a slate windowsill- Aberaeron, West Wales.
I had the chance to make two sketch book sketches. It was a warm sunny day but the sun made a great deal of progress between the two drawings, and the shadows moved considerably. The slate windowsill is a complex purple colour. I had a lovely comment about this which I replied to, but
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St Vincent’s College Creek – again!
Tried again at the creek. The tide was good but the weather bad! Couldn’t work for long……,
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Self portrait in the kitchen.
Today was wet so I painted indoors and got this far…..
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At Vincent’s College creek.
Started some drawing down by the creek today.
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Sargent inspired red and basket work – revisions!
More yellow paint on the basket!
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Thinking about Sargent – reds and basket work.
There were some great paintings with red as a key colour in the Singer Sargent exhibition. I was also very taken with the basket work chair, that Robert Lewis Stephenson was painted sitting in. Sargent had really worked to capture the shine and colour with many layers of paint. I need a more yellow
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Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Yesterday I was very lucky to see the Sargent exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery. This sketch was much smaller than I had imagined it – only having seen it reproduced in a book. It contained a great deal of sand which must have been incorporated, as it was made on the beach. I
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Warmer brighter red on USS Theodore Roosevelt painting.
I have been adjusting the red on this painting, as it didn’t reflect the brightness of the barrier tape in the full sun . I’m not so sure the photo does it justice but both are here to compare.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt of Lee on Solent.
Today I finished off yesterday’s painting, but the ship had been completely turned round in the night, and now faces Southampton.
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