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Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Community Centre Chester-le Street Celebration

Chester-le-Street Art Society table with Beth and Olive showing different media used by the group in order to attract new members to the Tuesday morning group.

Friendly Art Group which meets every Wednesday morning show a selection of their work.


Friendly Art Group - my workshop with Honesty shapes. George in left front has his own website .

He has also an exhibition in the Washington Wetlands Centre during this month.





Article in local free paper resulted in six new members this week - Will they return!

My wash and pen study of Elvet Bridge Durham on 200 lb Bockingford paper using a bamboo stick to draw with sepia ink on to a previous variegated wash textured with cling film. 



Monday, 12 October 2015

Deerness Art Group Oct 2015

Completed 3 watercolour paintings
High Burnhopeside Farm near Lanchester on Saunders Waterford 200 lb not paper.

Cellardyke Chimneys from over the harbour wall on Bockingford 200 lb

View from Anstruther to Cellardyke at low tide. Note the counter change on the fence in the bottom left. Again on Bockingford.

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Anstruther Drawings

 Above Cellardyke harbour looking out to North Berwick Law on the south side of the Firth.

Cellardyke looking down Toft Terrace towards the Isle of May just along from previous sketch

  Rocky shoreline between Anstruther to Cellardyke.

Over the harbour wall at Cellardyke.

Looking down Shore Wind towards Cellardyke harbour.

Old smoke houses with their blackened walls.

Rock pool on the shoreline between Anstruther and Cellardyke.

View outside the holiday flat at Chambers Brae looking down Haddfoot Wind across the harbour to the volcanic plug at North Berwick Law.














Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Pencil drawings A5

Drawn front the seat at the Corn Mill

Anstruther looking across the stepping stones to the footpath of  Wightmans Wind.

From Sunday walk from Malton Lanchester
















Friday, 25 September 2015

Anstruther continued

Dreel Burn above main road

Crail from harbour wall 

Crail from beach over lunch.


Morning sketch from harbour wall looking towards the Waterfront restaurant.

St Monans walk towards Elie near Newark Castle ruins.


Walk to Cellardyke- sketch over lunch before continuing to Kilrenny village.

Sketch on the way back.

 Drive back on Saturday after stopping for coffee at North Berwick ( that is Pat not me- I was off taking photos ). Lunch and sketch at Cove south of Torness Nuclear  Power Station.



Two line drawing in a naive style of St. Monans.

First painting


Sketching from the harbour at Anstruther- outline stage.