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Showing posts with label Tarlton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tarlton. Show all posts
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Bloekomdraai

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W&N watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm sketchbook A scene a couple of kilometers from where I live - a gravel road through Tarlton (So...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

To what lengths will you go when you're bored?!

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“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom!” Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Historian and Essayist, leading figure in t...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Leopard on the rocks

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The leopard lingered in the sun Almost at close of day, With all its hours almost done And fast to ebb away… The leopard lets his memori...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Trying to fence in freedom

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“Fences are made for those who cannot fly.”  - Elbert Hubbard     W&N watercolour on DalerRowney 220gsm heavy-duty sketching pap...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

A State of Consciousness

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A landscape, like a book, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. W&N watercolour on DalerRowney 190g/m² sketching paper There...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas 2011 in Tarlton

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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis A daily pract...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Winter in Tarlton

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“Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.” A daily p...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Summer at last!

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“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... we need silence...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Time to Retreat

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"You know... they say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant." - Actor Bill Mu...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Standing out in the crowd

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Sometimes I think we may feel that we have to do the big things in life to stand out from the crowd, but I think all you have to do is be yo...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Please don't kill my Gemsbuck...

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Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm The Gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is one of the most handsome antelope in Africa, with it long rapier-like horns...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Daisy in Acrylic

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! Acrylic on V...

Winter Setting in

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“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.” - Anton Chekhov A daily practice of sketching and painti...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Poinsettia and the Daisies

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! Watercolou...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Winter moving in

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Brew me a cup for a winter's night. For the wind howls loud and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, And I'll...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Daisies Postcard 2

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I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring; In the meadows green I'm found, Peeping just above the ground, And my stal...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Winter Bullrushes

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“Never cut a tree down in the winter time. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

An Important day!

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"The long span of the bridge of your life is supported by countless cables called habits, attitudes, and desires. What you do in life d...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Seeking Nature in Spring

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Who are you, Nature? I live in you; for fifty years I have been seeking you, and I have not found you yet. - Voltaire (1694 - 1778) A dail...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Magical process

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"Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through .....