This was a second attempt at this scene. Inspired by a pastel artist. I sketched a basic outline and then applied wet into wet all over the paper. I left to dry than added layers of colour to build up the scene. Once done I then used gouache to add some highlights and more vibrant colour to road and some of the bright greens. This will be used for next term as a task. I enjoyed creating this painting very much.

This was another attempt at this famous scene by Monet. This has to be my favourite attempt as I found it quite relaxing and very enjoyable to work on. I felt the sky and the trees were more successful in this version.  I  think the learners in the art classes also enjoyed creating this one as well.

This was painted this week as an idea for a future task next term. This was done in acrylic and on watercolour paper A4 size. This was inspired by artist James Richards. I hope to try more like this for future exercises.

 This is one of my recent demos in a class (20/9/23) This was a pen and ink and watercolour of an old derelict building in South wales.  I have already  created smaller versions of this scene, in graphite and also in a journal form  with ink and washes of colour.  It is the looking and placing the angles and perspective of windows that was tricky for this one.  I hope the students have fun with this one.

This is inspired by artist David Howell. I used this scene as another demo task for my classes. This took a little time with so many layers and drying time between each step. I did enjoy preparing this task.

This is a straightforward sketch taken from Pinterest, which I have done as a demo for some of my classes in September. Nice to get back into pencil work again.  This sketch emphasised perspective and using linear shading technique.

This is a task I did today ready for some of my classes. This was inspired by artist Richard Thorn.  I am going to enjoy doing this a few more times.