Yew tree and drizzle

Yew tree, March, drizzle
8" x 10"

March 12th

Dull and drizzly

11.30 - 12.30

A little series of paintings from my front garden last month. I love the way this small scene changes in different light conditions. I used an old board for this which I'd covered in muslin cloth, something that I hadn't been doing in recent years. I enjoyed the texture so much that I ordered some new muslin and made a huge batch of cloth covered boards.

Essaouira montage

Studies of characters in Morocco

I must apologise for abandoning you while I was still in Morocco - technical glitch to blame! I was using wifi every day at a very friendly cafe but then I realised that things with my blog had gone a bit strange and my text had completely disappeared. Thus you subscribers probably received two small photos by email without the accompanying stories. It's not that I couldn't be bothered to write because I was having too much of a ball, as you might be thinking! Naughty blog going doolally like that, I decided I'd better not try again until back in the UK.

Now that I am back I'm hoping that all will be magically cured, and therefore I won't have to look into anything too taxing technical ;-)

In order to strike while the iron's hot I have made up some BIG canvasses today and started work on two studio pieces based on Essaouira studies from last week.