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Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south africa. Show all posts
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...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Cloudy day

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W&N watercolour on Aqua acid-free 300gsm Summer-time in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.  It is windy today. And cloudy. ...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Unusual winter in South Africa

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W&N watercolours on Arches 300gsm  A couple of years ago, in August 2006, South Africa was struck by an unusual phenomena, snow! ...
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...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

It's Autumn!

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Candle wax and W&N watercolour on Aqua 300gsm Autumn in South Africa Autumn, oh autumn! How you enchant me with your wonderf...
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...
Monday, September 5, 2011

A little old barn

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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! W&N...
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...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Africa's Wonder

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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! “Let a Perso...
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...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Rampage of Appreciation

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Watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm sketchbook Appreciate your friends and family and hold them near. NOW Compliment yourself on the...
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...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Farmhouse somewhere in the Karoo

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. - Ella Maillart A daily practice of ske...
Monday, February 7, 2011

Downtown Shopping

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To explore your creative side, express yourself, in depth and knowledge. There is no need to be quiet. There is no need to hold back. A dai...