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The green at Ide Hill

2013-05-15T10:00:00.000+01:00

We visited the village of Ide Hill in Kent the day after the early May Day Bank Holiday. This sketch was done late afternoon while sat in the sun on a bench on the edge of the lovely village...

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The view of the Weald from Emmetts Garden

2013-05-14T18:16:00.001+01:00

Every year, in Spring, we go to Emmetts Garden in Kent to see the bluebells in the woods. This is by far the best place I know to see bluebells. I've included a couple of photos at the end of this...

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The Rose Garden at Sissinghurst - late Spring

2013-04-28T13:46:00.002+01:00

Let me provide a caveat for the title of this post - this is the Rose Garden at Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent in April after an exceptionally late Spring (see Sissinghurst - from 3rd hottest to...

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Sissinghurst - from 3rd hottest to 2nd coldest!

2013-04-26T20:00:00.002+01:00

We rushed off down to Kent on Monday because it looked like it might be sunny - and we've not seen much sun of late! We paid our first visit of the year to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens. Last year we...

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Chinese Pagoda and Fountain in Viccy Park

2013-04-16T11:00:00.000+01:00

I sketched outside yesterday - for the first time in a long time. First the weather earlier this year was bad, then I experienced by second attack of this year's nasty bug and spent five weeks with...

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Sketching the Manet Exhibition at the RA

2013-01-27T17:21:00.001Z

I went to see the exhibition Manet - Portraying Life at the Royal Academy of Arts on Thursday. I took advantage of the seats in the different rooms to stop and record the life within the exhibition...

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Skating on the Natural History Museum Ice Rink

2012-12-25T08:14:00.002Z

Sketch of the skaters and Christmas Tree on the Christmas Skating Rink at the Natural History Museum - complete with penguin stability aids for the little ones Wishing all regular readers of...

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ROI Art Event Evening at the Mall Galleries

2012-12-18T14:23:00.003Z

Sketch of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters' Art Event Eveningat the Mall Galleries 17th December 2012 pen and ink and coloured pencils in Moleskine Sketchbook, 11" x 16" © Katherine Tyrrell I...

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Urban Sketchers London - Sketchcrawl #3 in South Kensington

2012-12-01T09:48:00.000Z

Today's the day of the third Urban Sketchers London Sketchcrawl - and everybody is welcome! Details are on the flyer below. start in the Central Hall (the one with the skeleton of the dinosaur)...

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Chocolate cake at Kensington Palace Café

2012-11-27T20:12:00.002Z

I have to report that the Chocolate Chip Muffins on offer at the Kensington Palace Café are the best chocolate muffins in London! Hugely chocolatey, with chunkie chips of chocolate on top and moist...

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The East Lake in Autumn

2012-11-11T14:22:00.000Z

I'm a complete sucker for drawing trees in Autumn next to water - I just can't get enough of the reflection of the colours. However having been a bit spoilt by Sheffield Park landscape garden, I now...

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Birch, Witch Hazel, Acer Palmatum, Fir - at Sheffield Park

2012-10-27T13:31:00.001+01:00

This week we went to Sheffield Park, near Uckfield in West Sussex, for our annual trip to admire the colours of the Autumn landscape. It was a very grey day - which of course is the very best sort...

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Restaurant Nausicaa, Boulogne sur Mer - my last meal in France

2012-10-21T16:00:00.000+01:00

Two sketches from my trip to France last year - and my final french meal! I'm trying to fill in the gaps where I've missed out posting places I went to and sketches I did on my Painting in Provence...

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Caer Caradoc Hill in Shropshire

2012-10-16T09:46:00.003+01:00

At the end of September I spent a weekend with my extended family in Shropshire to celebrate the Australian contingent being in the country and my cousin's 40th wedding anniversary of "the best...

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Hampton Court Palace and its 300 year old Yew Trees

2012-10-13T10:13:00.000+01:00

We recently visited Hampton Court Palace next to the River Thames in Surrey. I'd never realised before how easy it is to get to (via a train from Waterloo) or how huge it is in terms of the Palace...

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A conversation

2012-10-08T09:39:00.000+01:00

Sometimes I'm riveted and intrigued by the people I see in art galleries and museums when I'm sketching. This was a very fast sketch - and it made me want to try and work out who they are and what...

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Greenwich Heritage, Canary Wharf and the O2 Dome

2012-10-07T12:06:00.001+01:00

Following on from Sailing ships and the City of London from Greenwich Park, here are two more double page spreads which made up my Greenwich Park Panorama The middle section looks: over the...

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Sailing ships and the City of London from Greenwich Park

2012-09-26T12:52:00.000+01:00

This is the first of the sketches from the Greenwich Park Panorama - my 48 inch wide panoramic sketch of the view from the top of the hill in Greenwich Park. The City of London and the River...

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Greenwich Park Panorama

2012-09-24T18:24:00.003+01:00

This is my very big sketch of the panoramic view from the top of the hill in Greenwich Park on the day of the Urban Sketchers had their 2nd Sketchcrawl. The panoramic view from the top of the hill...

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Urban Sketchers London SKETCHCRAWL in Greenwich tomorrow

2012-09-14T10:55:00.002+01:00

Many of you will have seen Greenwich Park and some of the heritage and very historic buildings to be found in Royal Greenwich while watching the Olympics and Paralympics. Tomorrow you can sketch...

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View from the Chartwell swimming pool

2012-09-10T20:57:00.000+01:00

On Sunday we went to Sir Winston Churchill's home at Chartwell and I did a sketch I've been meaning to do for some time. It's of Sir Winston Churchill's swimming pool - and the pool and wood...

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The view from Standen

2012-09-08T12:48:00.000+01:00

Standen is a Arts and Crafts National Trust property in Sussex with interiors influenced by architect Phillip Webb and designer William Morris. It's immaculate. We visited when thwarted by the M25...

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Vita Sackville West's Tower at Sissinghurst Castle Garden

2012-09-01T14:49:00.000+01:00

We went to Sissinghurst Castle Garden last month and I had a second attempt at sketching the tower where Vita Sackville West used to write her novels and gardening columns. I love it! Vita...

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How to sketch The Shard

2012-08-28T09:41:00.000+01:00

I've been having difficulties with The Shard - in terms of finding a way to draw it which makes for an interesting sketch as opposed to here is a VERY BIG building and here are tiny little buildings...

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The Leaning Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral

2012-08-26T12:58:00.005+01:00

It wasn't until I got home that I realised that I'd drawn that well known new tourist attraction The Leaning Dome of St Paul's Cathedral while sketching the spectacular views from the roof terrace of...

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