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Daily Sketch - Apple Day!
Saturday was Apple Day at the local Farmers Market (West Hampstead), which happens to be my topic of graduation from Art School many (many...) years ago. My teachers had then told me it was probably because of a subconscious feeling of guilt, of indulging...
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Summertime!
Long time no see...! (Not that I haven't been working for the last few months: you can check for yourselves on my website or my Facebook Page for all news and updates!) I have settled in the Drome region a couple of weeks ago for the summer, working from...
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Summertime! (2)
Very high temperatures brought their fair load of thunderstorms, with beautiful dark skies and sun light shining through... It's difficult to draw them "live" due to the obvious weather conditions, and colouring has to be quick to catch the dramatic changes,...
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Latest additions to my shop
Here are the latest products added in my shops over the past couple of weeks (all shop links are listed at the bottom of this page): ********************* Mother's Day Cards Bookmarks : Notecards: And as always, you can find them for sale on my website...
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Summertime! (3)
More sketches from my French summer hideaway: a view from my garden, and a tiny chapel lost in the middle of a neighbouring field. It's a shame I can't find more time to paint with so much around here! I take a lot of pictures to use as inspiration for...
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Done!!
My 'Sixty Feathers' painting is finished and framed. (painting 70 x 100 cm; framed 78 x 108 cm; watercolour and ink on 300gsm Fabriano cotton paper) It's nice to step back and look at it, ready to fly to its next destination. It feels a bit sad not to...
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Combattre le froid - Fight the cold!
Voilà. L'hiver est enfin arrivé. Et pour lutter contre le froid, il reste le chocolat! Mais avant de l'engouffrer, je le peinds. Premier d'une série (si je ne les mange pas tous avant): le chocolat au lait fourré caramel. *** Here it is: Winter. And to...
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Daily Sketch - Quality Streets...
Any excuse for a treat...! The days getting shorter, the temperatures dropping, Monday morning blues, you name it! But before I got down to the bottom of my big box of Quality Streets, I had saved a handfull to sketch. American pastel artist Loriann Signori...
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Art Workshops in North West London: details HERE!
***For Londoners: as my website is going under some maintenantce work and will be inaccessible for a few hours, here are the details of the Art Workshops I am starting later this month for children in North West London:*** NEW IN NORTH WEST LONDON: ART...
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Daily Sketch - Yellow Tomatoes
I can't get enough form these colourful veg from the Farmers Market! Here are the small Yellow Tomatoes, which would make any tart or salad a work of art! (I'm off to try now!) ********
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Westminster Arts Exhibition - Details
Et voici donc l'invitation officielle; le vernissage étant Mardi 8 Novembre, de 18.00 à 20.00. Here is the official invitation, opening night on Tuesday 8th November, from 6pm to 8pm. ***********************
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Following the Star
Extraits de ma dernière série de photos, "Following the Star": Etoile du Nord dans les ciels d'hiver. Photographs from my latest series, "Following the Star": the North Star in winter skies. ************************
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Encore un peu... - Holiday top-up
Toujours la meme vue, cette fois-ci en monotype: Same view, two monoprints: Le matin - Morning View Le soir - Evening View
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Fruits et légumes - suite! - Fruits and Vegs - to be continued...
On continue dans les fruits et légumes! Une poire Williams, et des petits oignons. Ca sent le printemps, moi j'vous dit...! *** Let's carry on with the fruits and vegs! A Pear Williams and Spring Onions. Spring is around the corner...! **************...
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Thursday's Daily Sketch
Yesterday's theme was" Ladybirds - I was getting tired of greens! Perfect topic for this quick exercice: easy shape, few details, and strong colours. ***********
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Un pour la route - One for the road
Juste un croquis au marqueur et à l'aquarelle en attendant que je poste mes derniers monotypes. Just a quick marker and watercolour sketch until I can post my latest monotypes. "Nuage" 25x30cm
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Les Religieuses - The Religieuse Cakes
Et maintenant les Religieuses, elles aussi en vente sur etsy.com/shop/pebbleandbee: And the first two of the Religieuse Cake series, also available on etsy.com/shop/pebbleandbee: ********************
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Daily Sketch - 20.9.12
Yesterday's choice of subject enabled me to play with strong colours without thinking too much about drawing and details. (And you wouldn't think that there were so many different shapes and colour palettes with pears...!) ************
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Brumes et Brouillards
Il y a de bons cotés à l'hiver: le brouillard crée de nouveaux univers, de nouveaux repères. *******************
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Le temps des citrouilles! - Pumpkin time!
Les citrouilles sont de retour! Voici mes derniers-nés dans la série papèterie (sur mon site Etsy): It's pumpkin time again! Check my latest paper accessories (from my Etsy shop) :
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Fraise Caramel - Strawberry Caramel
Et deux nouvelles additions à mon Etsy shop: Two new additions to my Etsy shop: ************************* La religieuse à la fraise: La religieuse au caramel: Bon appétit!
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Weekly painting - 1
Every Friday, I stop everything I do and get my acrylics, my brushes,and a 22 x 22 cm canvas out. No question asked, no particular expectation. Just let it out on a set format, and see where it takes me week after week. Quite fun: no pressure, total freedom....
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On the road again
Long time no see...! Well, I have hardly been on holidays; working hard on adding illustrations in to my portfolio. We all know how difficult it is when it comes to find a birthday card for our men, or a father's day treat... That's where I step in: check...
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And now for sale!
My yummy chocolate illustrations are displayed - and for sale! - at Cocoa Exchange Chocolatier on Belsize Road (London NW6)! And on top of being beautiful (I mean the chocolates!), they are delicious, so do try for yourselves! (sorry non-londonners...)...
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Weekly painting - 2
And here is the result of this week let-it-out-without-thinking painting. I like the way the brushes take controle of the format; and the total absence of anticipation - and therefore of expectations - really frees the mind and the creativity. Can't wait...