I have been attending Adult Education Painting and Drawing classes for several years now,
originally to improve my drawing skills for lace design but it has become a hobby in its own right.
I have tried using most mediums; acrylic is perhaps the most successful and I like using ink and wash for quick sketches.
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Three Artists; Pink and Green
52cm x 40cm, acrylic on board.
Fellow art students at Gravesend AEC |
Winter Trees
15cm x 45cm, acrylic on board
Poplar trees at Cliffe in winter. |
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Dark Islands
77cm x 24cm, acrylic on board.
One of my early paintings |
Down the Alley
50cm x 68cm, acrylic on board
Another early painting. |
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 | Rochester Cathedral
46cm x 46cm, acrylic on board.
Like 'Down the Alley' this was painted
entirely with a knife. |
Sam Swimming
24cm x 20cm, pastel on paper.
Sam in the Lake District when he was a puppy. |  |
 | Bluebells in Shorne Country Park
33cm x 48cm, acrylic on paper.
Deceptively close to the main A2 trunk road. |
Storm Clouds
32cm x 22cm, watercolour on paper.
A medium I find very difficult. |  |
 | Parasol and Flowers
48cm x 38cm, ink & bleach with a little watercolour.
A first attempt at this medium. |
Sunset over Belgian Coast
24cm x 20cm, pastel on paper.
A misty November afternoon. |  |
 | The Old Postbox
20cm x 30cm, ink on paper.
About five miles away at Beluncle near Hoo,
I posted my Christmas cards there last year. |
Ian's Guitar
28cm x 45cm, acrylic on paper.
Into Abstraction |  |
 | Three Shells
35cm x 27cm, oil on paper.
Another first attempt, this time with oils. |
Chertsey's Gate, Rochester
33cm x 47cm, brush pen with watercolour.
One of the historic parts of old Rochester |  |
 | Watch Tower at Upnor
33cm x 47cm, pastel and pencil on paper.
The tower looks over Chatham Dockyard. |
Cobham Village
42cm x 22cm, brush pen and watercolour.
I didn't include the horses that tried to block my view! |  |
 | Chalk Church
35cm x 47cm, brush pen and watercolour.
Northern side, painted between showers. |
Bridge House, Ambleside
61cm x 42cm, acrylic and pastel on board.
A much painted landmark. |  |
 | Lamp and Flowers
38cm x 38cm, charcoal and gouache.
My first frameable picture. |
Shell
12cm x 12cm, ink on paper.
A challenge to observe and draw. |  |
 | The Old Stile
acrylic on paper, 40cm x 50cm.
High summer in the Kentish countryside. |
Pansies and Bell
38cm x 28cm, acrylic and oil pastel.
I still have the pansies,
they are made of silk. |  |
 | Irises
25cm x 20cm, ink on paper.
A quick study using a hand cut reed pen. |
Sunflowers
29cm x 20cm, ink and wax pastel on paper.
Shrivelled and papery; lovely texture. |  |
 | Cobham Church Tower
45cm x 65cm, acrylic on board.
Another knife applied, heavy impasto painting. |
