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Heres an Arty Class lesson today at 1400 for an 45 mins with Keiko Tanabe,  I didn't have the relevant class photo so just copied her pencil sketch as quick as I could, then did same with watercolour using my own interpretation. Norah had emailed me a link to Arty Class, and I just happened to see Keiko's lesson on her approach to watercolour, it was a free…

As it was her birthday last week, thought I would tackle another effort at drawing my God daughter Sheila. Reasonable happy with the result in pen and ink. 

Delighted to welcome Michael and hope it will be the first of many happy outings with Boyne Valley group.

Thanks to Alison for photos of our paintout in Annagassan. We spent a very pleasant day on the verandah/beergarden/ out the back of the Glyde Inn or on the adjoining beach. Thank you Paul and Conor for your hospitality.  Social distancing was…

Inspired by Sally's 'Venetian Woman' I thought I'd try this.

Copy of a painting by John Singer Sargent - A Venetian Woman.  36" x 23".

Small w/c 7ins x 6ins from a photo sent to me by my friend Linda in East Anglia. Used only three colours altogether, Payne's Grey, Raw Umber and Olive Green. Hopefully will get to visit the area at some stage in the future as it looks so beautiful.

Out walking last week I passed this well-known landmark and did a quick pencil sketch from which I completed this painting yesterday. It's on Saunders Waterford 300lb rough paper and measures 7.5ins x 11.5 ins.

Completed this 8ins x 6ins W/C painting on Saunders Waterford 300lb rough, from the sketch of the same subject I posted last week. 

Fab place to paint.  It's called TriArche near where we stayed.

This is a commission piece just completed watercolour

A little Venetian back water, my final one for this challenge, although I could go on painting Venice forever. Have no idea of the name of the canal/street, but just couldn't resist photographing the washing line.