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Thursday, January 26, 2023

A gate in the Karoo

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm   Many visitors to Karoo National Park in South Africa access the Park by car as this allow...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Waiting for the Dandelions

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Ink sketch and colour wash on Bockingford 300gsm Can’t wait to see the Dandelions again… We've had our first summer rains, and lo...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Herbs - inside or out?

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W&N watercolour on Amedeo 200gsm watercolour paper 12″ × 8″
 Herbs on a shelf on my patio   Herbs can be grown indoors and out so t...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Mother-in-law's tongue

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  W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm A pot of Mother-in-law’s Tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata laurentii). Indigenous to South Africa...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Creative thought for today

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Euphorbia cooperi

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Euphorbia cooperi (or Lesser Candelabra Tree, Transvaal Candelabra Tree or Bushveld candela...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Plant and care for trees

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It's the end of another year and even after living here at the coast (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa) for the past 3 years, I'm still l...
Monday, December 26, 2022

The beauties of Nature

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Acrylic on canvas Tasmanian bluegum (Eucalyptus globulus) This large, straight-trunked tree grows to about 70m tall in open forests ...
Friday, May 27, 2022

A coastal scene?

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  With the cooler weather comes outdoor activities again. For me at least; summers at the coast are just beyond bearable. So I took my easel...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Humble beginnings

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  Going way back to 1999, this was one of my first sketches of flowers and of course I chose Cosmos as they were in full flower in fields an...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Purely sketching

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  Working on getting my confidence back. Just a few pencil lines will be my practice for today — maybe I’ll add some colour at a later stage...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Trying again

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It’s amazing how insecure about my colours I’ve become since not touching a brush for almost four years. And as I might have mentioned befor...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Going small

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 A collection of sketches in a hand-made sketch-book with hand-crafted satin-finish linen paper.  💚 ::
Sunday, May 1, 2022

Going back in time

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  Seeing as I haven’t particularly been painting for a while (my Muse let me know that she’s on her way), I am looking back in time — memori...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Whats on my easel today?

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  I have not been painting as much as I should. Fullstop. I don't actually have an excuse except to say that life happens. And boy, did ...