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Frame or Border
Another doodle. This one started in my head as a kind of Russian doll arrangement of picture frame within picture frame within picture frame etc … To start with things were quite easy. Working outside in, the starting point is a wall, then a frame, then a mount, then a … eventually I decided on…
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Gull Escort
Our boat trip on the Bosphorus was escorted by a number of gulls, most of whom flew for ages within a few metres of the boat. Of course, gulls being gulls, this wasn’t exactly an altruistic gesture in their part – several of the passengers on our boat kept throwing pieces of bread to the…
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Albaycin
This area of Granada is a warren of narrow alleyways, some of which pretend to be fully fledged roads along which cars with scratched sides venture! At night the lighting of these thoroughfares creates many interesting pools of light and corresponding shadows. This drawing is an attempt to capture this lighting effect using charcoal. In…
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Alhambra
This place looks good in any light, but following a tip from a colleague in my art group we ate dinner one evening in a restaurant that overlooks the Alhambra across a small gorge. In doing so we had brilliant views of the site as dusk fell. Whilst my clumsiness with the pallet knife might…
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Art Deco III
Having created an Art Deco image for the first time a few weeks ago, and having discovered how satisfying these patterns are to create, it seems pretty inevitable that I will be creating more from time to time. This one is a slightly different format to the last two, both in shape but more importantly…
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Vittoriosa
The old town of Vittoriosa was once an important place. Originally known as Il-Birgu, it became the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller when they established themselves on Malta, and following the successful repelling of an Ottoman siege in 1565 it gained the name Città Vittoriosa (Victorious City). Today it is much quieter, and there are…
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Stonehenge
These stones have been here for a very, very long time, and hence exert a fascination on many people. The A303 main road, which passes close by Stonehenge, has only existed for a relatively brief time but already exerts a horror to many drivers because of the seemingly permanent traffic jams near the stones. I…
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Autumnish
We all know autumn well – it is something that occurs every year. This happens to be an autumnal view along the Pilgrims Way as it crosses Reigate Hill, although it could be almost anywhere at this time of year. This also happens to be a picture that I painted four years ago, although it…
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Plaça Nova
Despite the name. Plaça Nova (New Square) is rather old, as are several of the buildings around it. However, this view is looking resolutely the other way at the newer buildings, in particular the building of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, which sports a large Catalonian themed frieze designed by Picasso (which I have rather…
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Stained Glass – Sagrada Familia
I can’t quite decide whether this painting is okay or not! On the one hand it definitely doesn’t capture the vibrant colours in the glass that my eyes saw at the time and that my camera captured for posterity. On the other hand, it is quite a pleasant picture to look at, and it does…
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Time to Peel
Here is another re-used (or if you prefer “re-purposed”) quick sketch from the lock-down era, intended if nothing else to burnish my credentials as an eco-artist! This one was originally a simple pencil sketch of a potato peeler, which through the magic of a drawing app is now the hour hand on a kitchen(?) clock.…
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Wrist (&) Watch
My wrist, and my watch, cartoon style. This was an interesting exercise in drawing shiny things (watch) and hairy things (wrist). Given that the drawing app allows you several goes at getting something right if necessary, I have iterated to a version of the drawing that looks okay, and hopefully learnt something about appropriate technique…
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