Suddenly it isn’t winter any more and it became possible to take my A3 sketchbook outside. Suitable chair, equipment on a table to one side, and a landscape view of the garden. I was going old school with charcoal. Then this happened:

Luckily, I’d found a quiet moment earlier to make buttercups with pencil and ink, but an attempt at newts went much the same way as the landscape.

13th June. I’m giving acrylics a try now, applying directly onto the sketches and making an effort not to overdo anything. I have all six on the go at once, two on the easel and four stuck to the windows.

White, muted in places, and copper.

This is actually how I read and also watch TV – between pairs of ears, around tails, or sometimes behind my own hand if a fight breaks out. In a thunderstorm, it can get quite crowded.

Tidied up.

20th June. This video was made using screen capture in Procreate with some resizing in FilmoraPro and editing in PowerDirector. Resolution is a bit iffy!

SCH 2023

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