4 little post card sized gouaches to limber up ready for a larger painting. Its been difficult to motivate myself with the distress of Covid, Russia invading Ukraine and my elder sister being so ill but I need to get painting again. My husband motivated me to paint Glanum in the Spring but I have done little since. That painting in on our wall  and I enjoy seeing it so its time for another. I think I will paint the Poole park one next in acrylic, I have given up painting La Rochelle in oil and it is obliterated now with a coat of blue oil paint, it may become a sea scape eventually. Here it is in an unfinished state before I stopped, I think I got fed up with comments about it and just got bored as there were lots of boats and masts to paint.

Here is a detail from my larger painting of Glanum in France, the larger one is our wall. The interesting day out there was wonderful, especially as Van Gogh's sanitorium is next door.

 

I enjoyed painting this and want to remember it as I have gifted it.

So I have posted it here. 

Its from imagination and uses oil and acrylic together to create the water

 

 I am finding it difficult to paint with the distressing invasion of Ukraine by Russia. They mistakenly thought they would be welcomed with flowers and are now wreaking havoc. Instead Russians were offered sunflower seeds for their pockets so that sunflowers would grow where they were killed. Here is my imaginary pastel painting (sold) of sunflowers as my hopes are for Ukraine to keep its independence and democracy.

 

View from Studland Beach

Painted in acrylics. I enjoy painting big skies. There is drama and movement in those clouds and the water is disturbed 

 

St Peter's Church Villemorin

I painted this in water based oils on a small canvas. It would be lovely to see it again in real life, this pesky covid virus has spoilt many plans to travel over the past couple of years but this month we will go! I have made myself a small strong card pochade box that fits my bag, (my wooden pochade is too cumbersome) and something called a 'paint garage' out of acrylic. It should make painting en pleine aire easier with paints at the ready and no tube lids to struggle with. My test paint was successful and my paints are still soft after a week thanks to the clove oil.

A Dog in Oils

 I enjoyed painting this A3 size work in oils. Its for a friend's daughter, I hope she likes it. I would quite like to do more so let me know if you want one. The colours on my monitor are subdued. The green is brighter in real life.