Views
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Venice – Grand Canal
In my art group I have a reputation for drawing “a lot of detail”, or sometimes even of drawing “too much detail”! Often I think this criticism is justified, and I do try to limit the detail in most my artwork. Sometimes however I feel that the detail is justified, and I’m happy about every…
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Venice by Lamplight
There is an almost infinite choice of vistas and objects to sketch in Venice. Nevertheless originality is still rather difficult since almost every wannabe artist who has visited the place in the last few centuries has had a go! So here, without any claim to originality whatsoever, is one of my contributions. This scene is…
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Reigate Heath – Grass & Cow Parsley
I don’t normally see these plants at eye level, but that is the view I wanted so a certain amount of crouching down was necessary to take the photo from which this scene was drawn. Worth it though – the contrast between the foreground and the background in particular is very pleasing, to me at…
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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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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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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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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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Cows at Gatton
Gatton Park has many fine views, thanks to a combination of the natural landscape and to Lancelot “Capability” Brown’s attention some 250 years ago. I have drawn this particular view a few times using different techniques – this vector graphic created using the LibreOffice drawing tools is my favourite to date. This style makes everything…
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Under Reigate Hill
Well obviously this isn’t really “under” the hill – this is the path that runs from the main Reigate Hill road to Wray Lane, and so the path effectively runs across the foot of the hill. However, to me the phrase “under the hill” sums this up rather well and I get to choose the…
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Goðafoss
Iceland has several magnificent waterfalls, many with equally impressive names. The name Goðafoss is often translated as “waterfall of the gods” and the view across it is certainly awe-inspiring. In the summer you might reasonably expect to see this fall illuminated by bright sunshine, but on our visit the sky was a leaden grey which…
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