Today's oil pastel demo A5 cerulean blue paper.

5B graphite pencil

I spent most of the lesson painting this so 90 minutes. This allowed me more time to complete the sketch adding background as well which I didn't have time for in the much shortest demonstrations during the in person lessons.

Section of the autumnal still life. Approximately the 'true' colour. Opposite colours and two silhouette using contrasting colours

Inktense pencils, crayons, oil pastels, watercolours and posca pens. I tried to use wax resist to do a pattern on the bowl but it didn’t really work this time.

A Day in the Life… Sketching whilst watching the Olympics, walking the dog and a long drive to and from an exhilarating wind band rehearsal. Pencil, watercolour, pastel and gouache with palette knife.

Used some of my Gelli prints from Tricia’s workshop to make some cards with. I found the range of colours and textures quite pleasing to work with. Great workshop!

Graphite and PITT oil based pencil on multimedia paper.

I used exactly the same colours in each images the only difference was the colour of paper I worked on. The change in colour changes the 'mood' of the piece. Making one feel warm, another cool, another fresh. What didn't you think?

Acrylic, from a b/w photo - 1920s maybe Sheep were thrown in at the top. I'm not sure whether the men In barrels are searching for sheep or mixing in more hazardous chemicals. Health & Safety? - a distant concept!

I used acrylic paints for this. The picture I copied is very small so I had to use a grid and enlarge it that way. There are a couple of egrets on the Rife near Ferring which we often see when out for a walk. I struggled to crop it .

Continuing on with the fruit theme, I followed the inspiration from the first week’s class. Mixed media, I did some printing with craft foam as well as using watercolour, crayons, pastels and ink. I’ve also done a cherries page that I’ll share and I have some painted collage papers waiting to be u

From the Summer Fruits course

Finally I've done enough to this. From the art day 'inspired by trees' in Felpham. I've used watercolour, acrylic, watercolour pencils, candle wax, wax crayon, felt tip - and ink- and washed it down in the garden with the hose.......... I messed up the bottom corner by using a wax crayon to do a l

This painting was inspired by Franz Marc ( 1880- 1916), a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, an association of German Expressionist painters.

For those who want to continue with the charcoal sketch from today's session here is the image I worked from and the (not very well observed 😔) sketch.

Pallozas are thick walled thatched houses dating back to Celtic times, now generally used for storage. I was experimenting with my new micro palm tools for the detail.

Brusho background, revamped apples & cherries cut from original work & glued. Leaves added. Mistake with the green leaf outline. 😄

Gel pen and metallic felt tips plus polychromos pencils on black multimedia paper