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EVIE

15"x11" Pen & Wash. This is my beautiful girl, Evie. She's three years old and nutty as a fruitcake (but in a nice way). Her coat is a light brindle but I just didn't fancy darkening down this lovely glow. Not worth framing, but I'll keep it hanging around in the 'studio'. :-)

UPDATE : 
Decided that I couldn't leave it as it was, so I took it to the Art Club with me and worked on it with pastels until it was a more accurate representation of Evie's coat. It's still far from a perfect match, but Evie's coat is so very dark and that just wouldn't look attractive as a picture.

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SEASIDE VALENTINE

12"x6" Pen & Wash. This was just a quickie as a little gift to some friends who are hosting a Valentine's Day meal for us and a few other friends. 

And here it is mounted and framed...

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SUMMERTIME

18"x14" Pen & Wash. Yet another that's come out quite the opposite of how I intended it to look. I was copying a picture from the internet and as usual, it was the drawing which took the longest. As a result, it looks laboured and amateurish. Still, it's another painting and another lesson.

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Brusho Attempt 2

22"x15" Brusho and Watercolour. This is the second play with Brusho. Started by laying down a watercolour wash and then added Brusho around the sun (which I'd reserved with masking fluid) before adding some rather odd looking trees :-)

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Brusho Attempt 1

22"x15" Brusho and Watercolour. This is my first play with Brusho. Recently saw Judith Farnworth playing with some and decided to buy a set. Never used them before in my life so I thought it best to go down the 'abstract' route to play it safe. It went WAY too dark in the end, but it was a learning process - will have another play.

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YAOWARAT MARKET

22" x 15" PEN & WASH. I had a go at this TWICE because the first one just sank into pools of mud and lifelessness. On the second attempt I was sure I could control myself but again, I found myself mixing the wrong hues and blaa, blaa, blaa. I just don't seem to be getting any closer to where I want to be.