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Virtual Exhibition😄

It's my 1st year's anniversary of doing a drawing a day! Looking back, I'm appalled by some & heartened by 1 or 2 others. I'm not an artist but I do believe in continually learning & challenging.

So here's a selection...

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2021-01-02

inspired by
Belted and Malachite Kingfishers

Some birds are almost too beautiful!

📷Hans Hillewaert, Mike Yip, Lee Rentz, with thanks.

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2020-12-22

driven on by ..and many others
Final washes and ink work. A little yellow/white on the shrooms. Done.
Shaggy Parasols on Crook Peak, Mendips.
Love the transparency of these inks

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2020-11-03


Latest fungus doodle.
Amethyst deceivers or lilac bell cap.. best not to mix them up!
Seen in the Exmoor woods a few weeks ago. Very pretty.

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2020-10-31

All of my Wrecks on the Exe watercolours. Based around observations of mud encrusted ship skeletons on the shore of the Exe near the Turf Pub near Exeter.

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2020-08-25

inspired by ‘Muddy Stag - Bushy Park’. Took this photo on Monday. The stag is so used to people he was happily splashing around in the mud for ages and completely ignoring them.

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2020-08-22

Couple of waterdoodles for
Not what I was after, but a learning experience...simplify!!!!!

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2020-08-11

.. my attempt at splashing simple colour on some doodles. 10 mins for each one. I'm not satisfied as this is not what I was after.. I've lapsed into old habits a bit. ..however I think I know what to do next time!

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2020-08-11

2nd of 2 swift sketches from today, walking up on Eastby moor. Drawn in less than a minute whilst legging it back to the car in a downpour. Pen and wax crayon, with rapid black Quink wash added in the car - inspired by 😊

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2020-07-27

1st of 2 swift sketches from today, walking up on Eastby moor. Drawn in less than a minute. Pen and wax crayon, with rapid black Quink wash added in the car due to downpour - inspired by 😊

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2020-07-27

2 swift sketches from today, walking up on Eastby moor. Both created in less than a minute, the second whilst legging it back to the car in a downpour. Pen and wax crayon, with rapid black Quink wash added in the car 😊 ❤️

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2020-07-27

inspired by ‘Fighting Peacocks’ from a photo forwarded last week by
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It was fun doing it but not sure it was very successful.
I think you need more patience to do a painting of something like this. But

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2020-04-13