Well as promised I am going to put as many as I can of my various paintings, some done in Watercolour and some in Acrylics, there's the pencil work and watercolour pencils as well.  Sometimes a little doodle can create an idea for a painting, then there's the photographs as a guide if I see a nice view but find it difficult to set up my art gear there and then.

Painting 'plein air' is enjoyable and yet it can feel stressful if you don't like people looking over your shoulder but I don't bother about that, we all see things differently and paint accordingly.

I began painting some years ago while we had the newsagents, a fortnightly magazine started out teaching you how to paint and it also came with equipment, paints and brushes.  The brushes I no longer have but the paints and container are still a reminder for me of how it all began.  I look at my first ever painting and smile, my hubby had it framed for one of my birthdays!  About halfway through the course I disliked the way the teaching was going so I stopped buying the magazine and began purchasing books that appealed to me. Perspective, depth and distance were and still are at times a struggle but a challenge  that I take on from time to time.

So here we go with some of them.