Apr 29th 2017
Saturday 29. 05. 17 Monday is May Day here. The French tradition of giving lily-of-the-valley flowers is supposed to have begun on May 1st, 1561, when King Charles IX of France was presented with a bunch as a token of luck and prosperity for the coming year. .
Apr 24th 2017
Apr 23rd 2017
Sunday 23. 04. 17 Had a ride around the lake. Lots of sweet smelling broom with poppies just starting to appear. The whole house now smells of broom
Apr 21st 2017
Friday 21. 04. 17 Finished this big landscape today 100 x 80 cm which I did with oil pastels on paper. I think I will try some oil pastels for some en plein air landscapes perhaps next week.
Apr 16th 2017
Apr 12th 2017
Wednesday 12. 04. 17 I have started on a new series of autobiographical self-portraits. None are finished yet and I hope to incorporate words as well in them. They are all quite small 8 x 10s and start when I was 3 years old helping my Dad repair his bicycle.
Apr 8th 2017
Saturday 08. 04.17 It was a beautiful day today that I decided to go to the beach at Meze. Once there I thought that I would try and do a sketch using my iPad – not a good idea! I could barely see the image on the screen due to all the reflections. I managed the above but couldn’t add any colour because I couldn’t see the palette. I think I may have to rethink my idea of plein air painting with the iPad.
Apr 7th 2017
Friday 07. 04. 17 Still working on this one but have finally finished Remembrance Day 2017.
