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Old Mossy Stump and New Fungi Guide!

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I did this study back at the end of December, the sketch was done outside and I painted it near the woodstove heat at night! I’ve included lots of pictures to show some stages of painting and other fungi I found.

My view of […]

Lots of Mushroom Studies

Many studies in watercolor with a touch of gouache. I show my color notes next to each mushroom. […]

Old Beech Tree at Beanly Moor, Northumberland

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This post has a lot of photos showing as many stages of painting as I could. I’m taking the pictures using my cell phone, sorry they are not perfect! I’m using a photo I took a few years ago in Northumberland, on a walk with Gary at Beanly […]

Old Castleton Farm in Winter

This is a very short post just to share a quick pencil study I did on March 2, 2023. We were out driving and Gary pulled up for a bit so he could go talk to a farmer and I stayed in the car where it was warm! Since he took longer than expected […]

Hawthorn and Mossy Wall

Another adventure into the snowy, cold back garden! I sketched this scene on January 17, 2023 then worked on the painting in February. I seem to be drawn to this Hawthorn tree and wall, it’s the same one I sketched last year in March on a rainy cold morning. I just love old Hawthorn […]

Scottish Cottage and Snowy Fell

On January 16, 2023, I spent time just wandering around the garden, taking pictures of the snow on all the dead stems of weeds, flowers and grasses. I had my very small field kit bag with me, determined to do some kind of sketch.

My husband took some pictures of me, showing how bundled […]

Sketching Grass on a Snowy Day

Sketching some grass outside in the snow. I show my field painting kit, bag, palette, sketchbook, and link to a video I did too. I talk about fox tracks in the snow. […]

View From Langholm Moor (Newcastleton, Scotland)

Gary and I went out for a quick drive in mid February even though it was overcast and cold. We drove through Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders and up the lane that goes right out of the village (as the locals refer to Newcastleton) and up onto the moors.

This is […]

Stone Wall Studies in Gouache

Painting autumn scenes using gouache paint, with moss, ferns and rock walls. […]

“Studies of Leverets (cute baby hares)”

Since moving to our new home here in the Scottish Borders, we’ve been graced with the presence of hares in our garden. They actually live all around us, running wild on the hills, grazing in the green sheep fields and sometimes spotted loping down the lane on the verge. But our first season here […]