Thame Plein air Oil

Thame Oil

Another Plein air done in oils.  This was painted in gale force winds again,  my hands frozen to my brush.
Good experience painting in extreme conditions, it will make painting on a nice day seem easy I hope.

Whitstable Plein air

 Whitstable Plein air oils.

Painted on a workshop given by Michael Richardson in Whitstable. 
A wonderful day with a group of lovely people and an amazing workshop from an incredibly talented artist.

Cherwell Boathouse Oil

Cherwell Boathouse Oil

Second attempt at Plein air in oils.  Painted this one in variable weather where I was shone and rained upon in equal measure.
Wonderful time painting this with friends from the Oxford Bury Knowle Art group. 

Garden Plein air oil

 Messy Garden

Painted Plein air.  I can't say how different it is to paint something on the spot rather than in the studio. 
It was quite an experience trying this... and something I loved and am finding more and more addictive as I do more of them.

Red Onion watercolour

Enjoyed painting another onion watercolour.
I am not sure why, but I seem to prefer any paintings I do which have a red colour. 

Golden Wasps

Golden Wasps watercolour

Applying gold to a painting as a test.  I would like to experiment more with the idea of applying gold to parts of paintings. 
This painting is angled a little to show the reflected surface.

Orange pepper

Orange Pepper watercolour

Wanted to paint something with a strong colour. 

Grapes watercolour

Grapes watercolour

My mum kept saying that I should have a go at painting some grapes.
 A couple of friends suggested to use white gouache over the watercolour to get the patchy effect, but I found I didn't need it in the end.  Thought they looked ok as they are.  I might try the gouache suggestion next time I paint grapes though.

Josie watercolour

Josie watercolour

After painting the oil of Marlowe I felt I needed to do another watercolour. 
I wanted to paint my friends Labrador Josie for a while as she is such a pretty girl.  Just playing around, but it came out nicer than I expected, so I framed it up and gave it to my friend Eileen.  She was very happy.

Marlowe at Hampton Gay

Marlowe at Hampton Gay - Oil

Have been having fun trying out oil paints again.  This time I thought I would try something a little more complicated.  Painted from a photo I took whilst walking Marlowe up by Hampton Gay manor house ruins.
Will let it dry and go over with retouching varnish in case I need to change anything else on it.  Looking forward to getting it framed up and hung safely out of the reach of our animals.

Fungi

Fungi Watercolour

I wanted to paint something with extremely subtle colours to see what the outcome would look like.

Quill

Quill watercolour

The lovely barn owl we have living next door to us.  She's so beautiful and so friendly too.