Solly's chickens having a snack close to his living quarters on our smallholding. The Bluegum bush at the back is where I often walk to sketch.
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Shhh… germination in progress. Can you hear the swish of the brush, dipping, dipping into water, gathering colour from the palette? That's the process of planting flowers in my watercolour garden. *•.¸ðŸŒ¿¸.•*
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Solly's chickens on our smallholding
Solly's chickens having a snack close to his living quarters on our smallholding. The Bluegum bush at the back is where I often walk to sketch.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
A labourer's cottage
A labourer’s cottage on a smallholding just down the road from us in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa.
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
A farmer's cottage
A farmer’s cottage on a smallholding not far from us in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Dusk in Magaliesburg
W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm
As dusk settles over Magaliesburg, the neighbouring mountains are cast in a hue of purples and blues.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
At the foothills of the Magalies mountains
A scene at the foothills of the Magaliesberg (NorthWest Povince, South Africa)
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Aloe ferox painting 2
Aloe ferox (also known as the Cape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe and Tap Aloe), is a species of arborescent aloe indigenous to Southern Africa. It is one of several Aloe species used to make bitter aloes, a purgative medication and also yields a non-bitter gel that can be used in cosmetics.
Die Bitteraalwyn (Aloe ferox), inheems aan Suid-Afrika, is ’n struik wat deel is van die aalwynfamilie. Die plant blom vanaf Mei tot September. Die struik is ’n stadige groeier met ’n enkelstam en dik, doringrige, vlesige blare en buisvormige, oranje-rooi blomme. Dit is ’n uitstekende struik vir die rotstuin en verkies vol son en matige water. Die sap van die blare word vir medisyne en skoonheidsprodukte gebruik.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The river trees...
The Magalies River at Wicker Tea Gardens (Gauteng, South Africa) is as beautiful as ever. Drove into the now non-existent tea garden on the weekend to have a look at the river.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Cosmos in March
W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm
March and end-of-summer in South Africa heralds Cosmos time! Every year these beauties grace the fields and road-sides all over the country.
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Saturday, April 11, 2015
Autumn colours
We're nearing the end of Autumn and soon these trees will all be stark and bare, a beautiful sight in its own right.
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Monday, April 6, 2015
African bushveld
This little sketch-book, which I bought in Gateway Shopping Mall in Umhlanga, is absolutely wonderful to paint in. The 'paper' is very much like material and as you paint, the colour sucks in and spreads, surprising you with the results every time. No sketching though, it doesn't take kindly to pen or pencil
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Friday, April 3, 2015
A farm gate
Farm gates and farm fences fascinate me. I can sit for hours sketching variations on the theme and just cannot drive by a farm gate or particularly interesting fence without stopping and sketching it. This is a farm gate on a friend’s smallholding in Tarlton (Gauteng, South Africa).
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