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Gozo Coastline – Dandelions
Normally I consider dandelions to be weeds, and if they appear in my lawn I try to get rid of them. When these plants grow elsewhere I tend to ignore them, but in this view along the Gozo coastline they were so abundant and colourful that I had make an exception and pay those dandelions…
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Suzuki Hustler
Japan (or at least the parts of Japan that we visited) seemed to be full of these “box” or “kei” cars. To my European eyes they initially looked rather quirky, but after a few weeks they ceased to appear odd and instead many of them just struck me as having designs that were full of…
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Lisu Lodge, Mae Taeng – Pond Cartoon
For some reason the flora in northern Thailand put me in mind of Herve’s Tintin. I’m not even sure that Tintin ever had a jungle adventure, although it wouldn’t surprise me if he did. Anyway, this view in particular seemed to cry out to be drawn as a comic book scene in which an adventure…
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Lisu Lodge, Mae Taeng – Balcony Sketch
In Thailand we were lucky enough to spend a few nights in an amazing hill tribe village. The buildings were to all appearances very traditional, but also very comfortable and not at all lacking in mod-cons, so perhaps they were more “traditional” than traditional. Anyway, the bamboo building we were staying in had a large…
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San Gimignano
Not so long ago we went on a walking holiday in Tuscany, staying every night in a different hilltop town, one of which was San Gimignano. Each day was full of its own surprises and delights, but there was one thing that happened every day – our walk started downhill in the morning and ended…
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Bullock
We often walk past a field used to graze young bullocks, who always seem rather cute and very inquisitive. Of course, one reason why I have a positive reaction to these cattle is because they are safely behind a barbed wire fence – as faithfully reproduced in this painting! It must be said that whenever…
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Bruges Arcade
There are many beautiful sights and buildings in Bruges, some quite famous and some not. There is for example the big market square, dominated by a tall belfry tower and filled with cafes and tourists. There is also this arcade, which is just around the back of the building which supports the imposing belfry. This…
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Shadows in Sienna
Sienna in the sunshine is also very full of dark shadows, which to me suggested the use of a very stark black and white effect, drawn here using a vector graphics package called Linearity Curve. The vector graphics technique creates straight and extremely sharp edges, which gives a rather striking effect. However, it must be…
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Black Mountains – Lower Slopes
Trees present an interesting drawing challenge. There is (normally) just one trunk, then a few main branches, then many smaller branches and finally many, many leaves. However, if one sketches the same level of detail for each leaf as is given to the trunk then the drawing will never be finished! This particular tree is…
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Durham
If you know Durham you will know this is not the way most people get to the city centre. It is an altogether more peaceful route into town, accessible by car only on the odd day or two when so many students are arriving to start college that a one-way system has to be imposed…
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David’s Admirers
We all know that Florence is full of Renaissance art – and if we stop to think about it we also know that in consequence Florence is full of art-admiring tourists, their backpacks, their cameras and camera phones. So it seemed fitting to include, and indeed emphasise, these onlookers in a scene from the Galleria…
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2 CVs
I was rather taken by this scene – although to be honest most views containing a 2CV will tend to catch my attention! I had expected to have to concentrate on getting the cars to look right, but in the event it was the poplar trees that caused me the most grief – to the…
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