Cornwall 2017 - Lands End

 

Green watercolour pen and watercolour

Wales 2017-10

 

A quick watercolour sketch and the line work of a complex landscape from a mountainous ridge...the view was breath taking!...all the views were breath taking!...I was out of breath a lot! LOL!

Wales 2017-3

 

The garden at the Old Mill looking out to the mountains

Wales 2017-2

 

The Old Mill I stayed in was simply beautiful, surrounded by mountains, nestled in 4.5 acres of woodland with the Ogwen river at the bottom.

I sat on a 20ft tree that had recently fallen to sketch this and felt so connected to nature.

Wales 2017-1

 

A quick sketch at the foot of Snowdon with my new watercolour pens and a water brush

Barn at Dykemoor

 

Going for atmosphere!

Dykemoor

 

I've sketched this barn many times a) because I love it b) because it's less than a mile from my home, so it's easy to fit a sketch of it into any busy day!

Fenland Rape

 

© Fenland Rape - Anita Davies - Oil on canvas 16x16"

 

Ok so here is the result of my AIM FOR MORE post.

I think I managed a happy sky and I think I 'imagined' myself away from the reference enough!

 

It's been a nightmare to photograph (grrr!)

 

Commission Complete!

I can now share what I have been working on in my spare time during the past few days.

The guy on the right is a good friend and my client. His Father, the guy driving the tractor, passed some time ago now and was one of the nicest men I've ever had the pleasure to meet.

Bless him!

Coltishall Allotments, Norfolk UK

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Joan and I spent a couple of hours in the allotments at the bottom of her road with our sketchbooks and folding chairs. Such an interesting place full of character.

Blickling Hall Gardens

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My first visit to this wonderful place in Norfolk. Joan and I grabbed a short time in the gardens sketching before heading off across the road for our lunch reservation.

Benwick Road, Doddington, Cambs. UK

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I've been wanting to sketch this particular house for over two years now, it sits on the roadside that runs along the top of our drove and I pass it every day. Finally managed a quick rendition earlier this month with the rape field in full bloom.
Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal.

Wood Farm, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire UK

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Originally uploaded by Anita Davies

Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal

5 Miles From Anywhere Inn, Ely, Cambs UK

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Lunch along the river with my good friend Jane

Harrys Birthday

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Wells-Next-The-Sea on the Norfolk coast.
A quick sketch while we grabbed a prawn cocktail and a latte in the Seaview Restaurant on Harrys 13th Birthday.
My baby is a teenager!!!
Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal

Thackers Farm

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Originally uploaded by Anita Davies

On Sunday, while my roast finished crisping in the oven, I set my mobile alarm for twenty minutes and headed off down the drove to the adjacent farm for a quick sketch on a spread I had prepared with watercolour earlier that morning.
I slipped a blob of white gouache in my watercolour palette and added it to my mixes for some opaque coverage in areas.
Just as my alarm sounded, the heavens opened and I was so pleased I had taken the car!

Noodlers Lexington Gray ink, watercolour and gouache in daily journal

Class Studies

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Originally uploaded by Anita Davies

During last weeks class I gave my students a large reference and asked them to concentrate on composing thumbnails from one area rather than the whole. It was interesting to see where each focused their time.
TOP: Black Stabilo Point 88 pen and water
BOTTOM: Watercolour
Daily journal: DR Ebony A5

Studio View

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Originally uploaded by Anita Davies

A very quick morning sketch from the studio.
I'd like to be able to say that I scanned it wonky but I didn't...I sketched it wonky!

Arthouse Sketchbook Project

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The second of my daily journal examples in my Arthouse Sketchbook, one of five, Monday through Friday.

Snow

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A quick sketch of the view from my studio window using gouache, just to capture some of the recent snow in my daily journal.