 First oil painting of the season is usually on a trip to the lovely Bluebell woods. Such a pleasure to sit in the quiet woods accompanied by the scent of all the wild garlic plants and rustlings in their leaves from a family of shrews dashing about underneath. A deer ran past. You don't experience any of this if you only paint from photos.
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 EIGHT CARDS OF MY OIL PAINTINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE YEO VALLEY ORGANIC GARDEN SHOP THIS YEAR.  Eleven oils out of the 53 I have painted at the Yeo Valley Organic Garden since 2014 Over the last ten years I have visited the Yeo Valley Organic Garden, at Holt Farm, Blagdon between spring and autumn to draw and paint. Oils mainly on 8 x 8 inch canvas boards (20x20cm) which I can paint onsite over one or two days. My work is a bit like a history of how the garden constantly changes but there are certain features which always attract me ; the crab apple blossom avenue in May; the camassias, the beehives, the silver birch glade, trees at any time, and any quirky new feature.
Valley of the Rocks in Devon has been on my 'must do' oil painting list for some years. But part of the reason for coming to a Charcoal Landscape Sketchbook Course run by artist Kate Boucher at moorandseaholidays was my hope to have a chance to fit an oil painting in as well. Charcoal is one material I never use because it is messy so I wanted to give it a chance and spend 3 days doing tonal drawing. I can thoroughly recommend this workshop plus there is an art room at the accommodation free to use even if not on a course.
 Watersmeet, Carolyn Lamb, Charcoal, A2. At the end of my stay at Moor and Sea Holidays and the Charcoal Sketchbook: Landscape workshops I did a large drawing of the waterfalls at Watersmeet, National Trust, Lyn Gorge, Exmoor. Thanks to techniques demonstrated by artist Kate Boucher I no longer hate charcoal.
Staying in London for five days to catch plays and exhibitions. My tiny Hahnemuhle D&S Sketchbook is perfect to carry in a pocket to catch a few quick sketches on the go. Then a colour sketch on Eastbourne beach after visiting the Towner Art Gallery to see Melting Ice, Rising tides solo exhibition by Emma Stibbon,R.A.
 One wall of paintings at the BS9 Art trail. 15 newly framed paintings and some from a previous display. Stoke Lodge has great light and a picture rail which makes set up and hanging much easier.  Gorge View, Cheddar, finally framed up and delivered. I painted this 8x8" garden commission in oil in July 2023, but I like to wait as long as possible until the paint is adequately dried before varnishing and framing. britishandirishmoths.co.uk/ After 15 years of holidays and day trips to different parts of Britain so my partner could photograph moth species, his website is finally up. I would paint landscapes and falling down huts while he would photograph the previous nights catch before letting them go. Funnily enough I rarely painted moths. Here is a small selection.
 Vista while camping on the Lecht, Cairngorm for Northern Dart. Micron pen 2018.
 Winters walk by the River Don , Aberdeenshire. Watercolour pencil. 2nd Jan 24. I did do this in the freezing cold but that just confirmed my belief I have to wait for better weather so finished it off indoors.  Triumph at Elberton: Field Maples with ox-eye daisys, Holt Farm: Challenger family monument Arnos Vale Cemetery: The Folly and R. Avon from Penny Brohn: Dunraven Bay: Gorge View, Cheddar. All painted on the spot in Oil . All on boards sized 8 x 8 " except for the folly which is smaller at 5x7" .
 Autumn Leaf fall at Dunfallandy Home Farm, Pitlochry. C. Lamb. Oil. 10x12". Nov 11th and 12th 2023.  Autumn Path at Ashton Court Estate. C. Lamb. Oil. 8x8* . 31st October 2023. |
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