Wednesday 19 December 2012

Puddle on Hankley Common

Hideously protracted essay writing and last minute dashes to the Irish Embassy in London to sort out passport panic have made it impossible to go near a paintbrush for ages. I have acquire a puddle obsession lately, so I thought I'd attempt to paint one.

I have no delusions about this, it's murky, too purple, plain wrong in places  & I haven't a notion how to paint trees yet. But I'll get there. Next years resolution: get outside and learn to paint.
( When it's warmer. And dryer. And when no-one is around)
 ( I went back and darkened some of the trees next day)

Monday 3 December 2012

Riverside, West Bay, and hut aspirations

I drove down to Dorset last Friday. The kids went off on the bus to school, Paul went off to work, and I set off on a grey dull morning. Two and half hours later, I was walking by the sea in the sunshine - glorious waves -bliss.
I took lots of pics of these  sheds/houses which sit overlooking the river Brit just near where it goes into the sea. One of the houses is for sale -it suggests offers in the region of £200,000.There are fields out the back, river, then harbour, then sea out the front. If anyone is stuck for what to get me for Christmas........