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4th August 2017

1808 #DrawingAugust Through another window 4B pencil 

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3rd August 2017

1807 Day 3 #DrawingAugust Through the window  Pencil and watercolour  20 x 20cm I really needed to get a better contrast between the foliage outside and the plant inside!

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2nd August 2017

1806 Day 2 #DrawingAugust Sulgrave 119, final panels Pen and watercolour 

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1st August 2017

1805 Day 1 #DrawingAugust  Delapre Abbey gardens  Pencil, collage, watercolour 20 x 20cm I tried to distinguish between the different green of the trees by markmaking and also by exaggerating the the other colour in the green eg blue green, … Continue reading

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#DrawingAugust 

Tomorrow #DrawingAugust begins on Twitter. Jean Stevens (@JeanStevens4) and Dean Lewis (@OlderThanEvil) started it in 2013 and so this is the fifth year that I’ll be taking part. I love the way my twitter feed becomes filled with sketches and … Continue reading

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31st July 2017

1804 Another in the occasional series of Rupert reimagined. Collage, Pen and watercolour  A6 x 2

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30th July 2017

1803 Portrait of a Daisy 4/4 Pencil and watercolour  8 x 8cm

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29th July 2017

1802  Detail, St Mary’s Church, Acocks Green with Birmingham Urbansketchers  Pencil and watercolour  20 x 20cm

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28th July 2017

1801 Summer flowers Brushes Redux app

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27th July 2017

1800 Daisies, rescued from the rain Pencil and watercolour 20 x 20cm

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