In South Shields theres a whole stretch of parks. As the weather was typically British: grey, overcast, probably going to rain, we took shelter in the park under a handy canopy we found. After much deliberation we settled now what we were going to paint. naturally after we had started applying paint to board the […]
I am determined to plan my paintings out more. No more trying to fix mistakes that I should have thought about earlier. It’s a work in progress, but it means I am carting a sketchbooks around with me. Currently top of the pile is this little Daler Rowney Ivory sketchbook with very thin paper. It […]
I went to hartlepool with my mums art group for a day and painted boats, hanging on to my all my art materials in the wind. That is what convinced me I needed a pocharde box. I got the best compliment, a group of school kids walked past. One of the said ‘Cor, she’s a […]
Ship. I used to read epic fantasy when I was a kid, I had read all the kids books in the library and then over on to epic fantasy (and the discworld) I read a series called Live Ships, where the figure heads could talk, navigate and fight back against invaders. Half way through sticking […]
I went on a plein air painting workshop with Haidee-jo Summers in Staithes, North Yorkshire. I managed to complete five paintings and have one unfinished due to watching Haidee demonstrate and an oncoming migraine. We started off on Friday morning with tonal value paintings. Lots of squinting all around! The hard part was trying […]
