We decided we should have some side tables and a coffee table to match the Morris chair from 2015, since the chair I’ve moved workshops and house 😉 It’s taken a while to get to this stage, not having a great deal of spare time to get into the workshop but after much whittling of large oak boards, the coffee table is now finished.
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After the smaller study a week or so ago I attempted a larger version in watercolour, this one is 66 x 22.5cm. I’m still pondering and dithering as to whether this is the final version or whether it should be in oils 😉 Actually, I quite like the left hand wall so maybe I won’t try again. There’s a larger version here.
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No, it’s nothing to do with Tennyson or the Skids 😉 working up to do a painting of the Eden Valley so here’s a watercolour study of the scene.
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Pondering my next painting, sorting through the tubes of paint, I ended up scanning the cad red and had a play in Photoshop.
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This started out as a larger piece, with distant hills creating a shaft of light from the setting sun, I didn’t like it though (being pickier than usual which is saying something ;-)). Anyway, I took the pen & ink thrush added a bit of background texture then played with type for a while….
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