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I was given some Japanese ink and a matching brush. I cracked out this experimental selection. I have to say it is rather diverse. Two are live in the garden. The others are further afield .. but reflect the places

This is a loose interpretation of the olive groves behind Filatro Beach on Ithaca. It is a staging point. Pictures at this scale use a lot of pastel. So you have to temper the output. I like the depth of field on the picture

In my time in Ithaca it is difficult to compose or quite get it right…When I take the pastels and paper abroad you can never quite control the substrates so well. However, I carry on the experimentation in various sketches for

I signed up for an art course this last weekend. It was on the back of the current exhibition relating to impressionism on paper. Being self-taught I thought it might help to understand a little more about the whole art topic.

This picture was created with the wide wheat fields of Ukraine in mind. The sun or moon depicted by the spiritual whirlpool radiates life-giving energy to the landscape which is draped with the blue and yellow of Ukraine. The crop