My week of paintings. March 2012.

Hydranger in crystal vase.

15 x 11"

Arches rough.

Watercolours.

I might go back and change the background from yellow to a dark navy blue, so the light "pops" even more. I haven`t decided yet though!

North Shields fish market.

15x11"

Arches rough.

Watercolours

Cullercoats RNLI.

Painted en plaine air.

Waterproof pen and watercolours.

Arches rough.

11x7"

(Approx, I cut up some old paintings to make this little sketch book)

You can see the view in the background, notice how I omitted some of the un-interesting buildings.

Life class drawings...

Both charcoal sketches,

 on lining paper,

 22x20"

This is the first time I`ve used charcoal like this, and I was quite pleased with how they turned out.

I rubbed over a base of charcoal then blended it in with a cloth, then I drew the darks, and lifted out the light areas with a putty rubber. I will have to practice this technique again..........it`s a pity life class is closed now for Easter.........it will have to wait:-(

same Fish Quay, different view.

22x9"

Arches Rough.

Watercolours.

I`m loving doing these panoramic paintings at the moment, so I`ve been taking lots of l-o-n-g reference photo`s.

My daughter took part in the sport relief mile in Gatehead/ Newcastle yesterday, so while we waited for her I got lots of reference photo`s of the various bridges over the River Tyne, so the chances are.....one will probably feature in next weeks paintings.

I also added a few seagulls to the oil panorama that I did last week, but I haven`t photographed it yet, I must try to remember to do that tomorrow.