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The Lesser-Spotted Artist……..
……..amazingly, I didn’t chicken out yesterday (despite some drizzle, early morning, which would have been a perfect excuse !)……..and set up my easel, and latest paintings, “on-street”, outside Gilberts...
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Big Innovation !……Two Giraffes……..AND……a Movie……
………well, a slide-show !…… of plein air painting again yesterday……..(despite having a very painful, possibly broken, Big Toe, too), watch it here, (click on the ”11 photos” link above) : ……..and still...
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….”Keeping My Eyes on You”……
……is the watercolour which had a tremulous start, plein air (see “Big Innovation” 9th September post), but has, amazingly,come to fruition…… …….its not clear in this painting who – the Giraffe, or the...
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…. A bit too …….plein air……
……today,perhaps…..very windy…..at least my easel stayed upright this time, but my paintbox blew completely over (twice), so as well as the cat hairs, I now have bits of grit in the watercolour pans…...
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…A New Arrival……
…… its Ethel, the Baby Elephant, who joins Giraffes, Gecko’s, Rhinos, Mermaids at Gilberts……. ……Ethel is also over on a new “sister” blog (temporary until Paula of Gilberts takes over the Hot Seat)...
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…One can never have too much…..
…..Orange, in a painting….. …..my scanner came up with the weird angle, of its own accord. …..Winsor & Newton on Canson Watercolour Paper.
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…..stargazing…..
….. a brilliant piece of scientific kit that caught my eye…… ….see the real telescope here : www.thisisgilbertsblog.wordpress.com
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….. a Whippet in Purple …..
….. seen here, in a work in progress ….. (and the whippet was really wearing the purple coat) ….. ….. hopefully, weather permiting (which it hasn’t been so far this year)….. I will be outside Gilberts...
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….. The Other Half ….. (Whippet in Purple Coat, Part 2)…..
….. the finished painting, “Cowlishaw Corner”, which will be on display in the Winter Gardens from Monday, 13 May ………….
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….. a sign of The Times …..
….. sorting out some old paintings , I quite liked this one, especially the newspaper corner – I’m not sure how I did that ! ….. this is Coffee Revolution, Ecclesall Road, popular but no longer with us...
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