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Pineapple

Posted on 22 October 2012 by sgolding

The Landmark Trust has a property near Stirling called “the Pineapple” and it is strange and lovely- more to my taste than the big koala at Dadswell’s bridge due to the surreal feel of it in the middle of Scotland.  … Continue reading →

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Ochils

Posted on 22 October 2012 by sgolding

I did a couple of watercolour sketches of the landscape near Stirling in Scotland, drawn to the hills by their natural beauty and colours

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the head or La Tete.

Posted on 19 October 2012 by sgolding

I drew some sculpted heads and forms in museums.  La Tete. in the Louvre I was taken with Aten (above) and I liked this bust in Musee Carnavalet.  In the Musee D’orsay this fellow and his moustache caught my eye:

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Place des Vosges

Posted on 19 October 2012 by sgolding

ink and wash A little ink and wash done in Paris.   The silhouette is contrasted with the white space of the apartment buildings below it, surrounding the cathedral.  I include it to contrast with: I started with a conventional view of … Continue reading →

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