Iconic View at Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens!

This is a familiar view of Kelmarsh and the Yew Trees to anyone who has been there.  It is actually called the Double Border, and changes with the seasons.  I painted this a week ago in the rain and the sun, and it has taken me a week to photograph it, as I do it outside and it was raining all the time!!

Double Border, Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens.  Oil on board.

Exhibition Time!!

It is Exhibition time for Roz Bradshaw and I.  We are at the Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering from next Wednesday 29th July.

We both love painting in oils, so hence the title "Two Views in Oils".  You will be very welcome to come along and enjoy our work!

Lots of Hydrangeas!!

I started this painting on the Patio, then I was driven indoors by the weather. Eventually finishing it off back where I started! I am rather fond of these lovely flowers, and can not resist when I find a particularly gorgeous one.  The very pale pink one is a variety I just happened to come across recently at a local garden centre.  It is called Charme and all the petals have a very fine pink outline to them.

Lots of Hydrangeas!  Oil on board.

Frisby Grange Farm, Gaulby

It seems a very long time since I managed to get out and do some painting!! As part of Leicester Sketch Club we went to Frisby Grange Farm and had a lovely time wandering around.  Eventually we got down to some work with our pencils, paints, pastels and brushes!! Then the sun came out!  Our host Daisy Fawcett really spoilt us by cooking up a cream tea.  Every one agreed it felt like we were on holiday!

Frisby Grange Farm.  Oil on board

SWEET PEAS

I had forgotten this little painting I did at a workshop a couple of weeks ago.  I decided that sweet peas are not the easiest flowers to paint!!  The painting was done on a six inch square gesso board with a lovely smooth surface. Great to paint on!

Sweet Peas.  Oil on board.

KELMARSH HALL & GARDENS

A great day painting by the Lake in the gardens at Kelmarsh. It was good to have some lovely sun to add to the reflections in the water.  There were some pretty yellow iris on the far bank.

The Lake at Kelmarsh.  oil on board

Cromford Mill - Derbyshire

Another lovely spot to paint! We left in pouring rain and howling wind in the morning, and by the time we set up the sun shone on our efforts to capture the scene.

Cromford Mill. oil on board.

Derbyshire - The Peak District

A few lovely days away in the Peak District, glorious scenery, and despite the wind and rain we managed to dodge the showers and find some lovely spots to paint. Not always out of the wind!! We just stopped at this spot having been attracted by the little barn which made a lovely focal point in the sun.

Hazelwood - Derbyshire. Oil on Board.

Hannington Pocket Park, Northamptonshire.

I am not sure I knew they did pocket parks, but Hannington does!  Although I have to say it is more like a pocket wood! But maybe we did not scramble through the undergrowth to give it a thorough exploration!!

Off next week painting in the Peak District. Hoping for a bit of nice weather to paint some gorgeous scenery. :-)



Hannington Pocket Park.  Oil on board.

Glass Pot with Pink Flowers

Yesterday Leicester Sketch Club had a great workshop with Penny German as tutor, creating a still life.  Working with the light coming from one direction.  A lovely day was had by everyone, and there was lots of great work created. here is my offering.

Glass pot with pink flowers.  oil on board.

Woodland Walk at Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens

At last I finally made it outside to paint, which is not good!! Yesterday the Leicester Sketch Club had a day sketching and painting at Kelmarsh in Northamptonshire.  Lovely sun although I was really cold because I was painting in the shade all day.  Lovely though with all the dappled shade.

Woodland Walk - Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens. oil on board. 30 * 24cms



Lots of lovely Tulips

These lovely pale tulips were again painted with a palette knife over an application of textured paste.

A Vase of Tulips. Oil on canvas. 40 * 50 cms