Tag Archives: watercolour

Ada River crossing

I went up to Powelltown on Melbourne cup day with some friends and was at Ada River on a log.  I dashed off a little watercolour there focussing on the shapes and interlacing of trees in the environs:

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from the sketch book

I often sketch at concerts and had a pencil in hand at some recent concerts. The images are a little shadowed, sorry, but that is the hazard of digital snaps:  

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while on water…

A friend dropped in and commented on the Harlequin Duck painting. Iwas trying to explain the origin in a drawing so I though I’d post it.  It started with this ink and wash drawing and then evolved into two duck paintings and … Continue reading

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Venice and high water

I did some watercolours in Venice on the same trip to Italy, which I later used to build and paint a screen with one side looking across the Grand Canal at the palazzos opposite Santa Maria Della Salute and the … Continue reading

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