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Bluebell time

5/11/2025

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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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MY CARDS AT yeo valley organic garden

4/11/2025

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EIGHT CARDS OF MY OIL PAINTINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE YEO VALLEY ORGANIC GARDEN SHOP THIS YEAR.
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Winter  portraits

3/17/2025

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Sammi
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Stephen
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Ruth
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Ten YEars at The Yeo Valley ORganic Garden

11/29/2024

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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.
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Valley of the Rocks, Lynton, Exmoor

10/15/2024

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First session on my oil. Only had 3 hours at Castle Rock when I arrived. Late afternoon so it is in silhouette making it hard to see. Not finished so needs more work.
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Castle Rock, Valley of the Rocks, Lynton, North Devon. Oil. 8 x8" Final image after 3 more hours on 7th October but as it was in the morning the sunlight is on the opposite direction so easier to see the rock structures but you end with a different picture.
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.
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Natural and compressed charcoal , rubbers and blending cloth. Kate taught us all the charcoal techniques, and we also made charcoal over a fire .
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On the second evening I was able to spend a bit of time at Valley of the Rocks to practice with an onsite charcoal sketch and get to know my subject better
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On the charcoal course I could use the image from my Castle Rock photo to practice techniques in the A5 sketchbook.
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I also did a quick tiny pen sketch to try and work out how the rocks were placed.
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WATERSMEET, LYNTON

10/10/2024

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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.
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London Calling - Some quick Tiny sketches

9/12/2024

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A welcome seat at Chelsea Physic garden. Micron pen. 83x118mm.
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Needing a prop. Mulberry at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Micron pen. 83 x 118mm.
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The Real Thing at the Old VIc. Micron pen 83 x1 18mm
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Eastbourne Groyne. Derwent watercolour pencil. 142 x1 85mm. Robersons Fabriano Artistico 300gsm. NOT. sketchbook.
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.
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Yeo Valley ORGANIC GARDEN Oil paintings

7/29/2024

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My first oil of the 2024 garden open season at Yeo Valley Organic garden. The Old Willow in the Camassia field. I sat in the Doorway of the Yurt to keep out of the cold wind and rain splatters. Oil. 8x8". 19th April 2024.
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Crab apple blossom from the stream path . Oil. 8x8". 3rd May 2024. Yeo Valley Organic Garden. Yet another rainy and overcast day but this meant very few garden visitors so I could sit undisturbed on the little path over the stream
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My next oil was of the Caged Parrot Tulips. Oil. 8x8". 25th /26th April. Yeo Vally Organic Garden. I sat under the shelter of the cafe awning to keep out of the rain splatters.
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At last a sunny dry day. The Apple blossom and blue camassia's are going over but the white one is coming out. 10th May 2024. Oil. 8x8". Although the garden is ever changing sometimes you find yourself repeating views.This is similar to one I painted in 2018
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BS9 Art trail 2024

7/8/2024

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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.
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Cheddar Commission

4/16/2024

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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.
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tHE MOTH WEBSITE IS UP

3/7/2024

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  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.
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Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire for day-flying moth Anania funebris. Pitt pen. 2009.
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Elephant Hawkmoth, Bristol. One of many garden moths kept chilled in my fridge while waiting to be photographed. Watercolour 2016.
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Mothing for Silvery Arches and Barred Carpet at Tromie Meadows, Cairngorm. 2019.
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Vista while camping on the Lecht, Cairngorm for Northern Dart. Micron pen 2018.
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Huts at Inshriach Nursery Gardeners Cottage, near Aviemore. Watercolour 2017. Dozens of Scottish moths species such as Autumn Green Carpet, Juniper Pug and Golden-Rod Brindle over the 5 holidays we had here.
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Towards Lochnagar from Morrone, Braemar. Acrylic 2010. Looking for Wood Tigers and Black Mountain Moth
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Winter drawings

3/1/2024

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Things I have made that are not 2-D. Watercolor. 12th Jan 24. As I paint from life I don't tend to do much art over winter except things organised by Clifton Arts Club.
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Sandra as Wonderwoman A3 paper. Coloured pencil. 9 Feb 24. Life and portrait drawing with Clifton Arts models.
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Stephens fancy waistcoat. A3 paper. 24 Feb 24. Coloured pencil. I do like these pencils but the leads keep breaking. I guess I must have dropped them at some point.
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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.
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6 oils from Summer 2023

3/1/2024

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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" .
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Dunfallandy, Pitlochry, Perthshire

11/30/2023

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Dunfallandy Pictish Cross slab . Micron Pen. 4x6". C.Lamb. Nov 12th 2023. The stone dates from the 9th C A.D. and is in the cemetary/ private burial ground of the Fergussons of Dunfallandy.

Dunfallandy House, Pitlochry , Perthshire was this years Girls Weekend venue. THe house is about mile outside Pitlochry.

I always try to paint a picture at whatever house we rent . Ideally out of a window in the main house where it is warm. But there isn't always a view that appeals artistically to me. On the way to view the Dunfallandy Pictish Stone (Historic Environment Scotland),  the shortcut passed through the dilapidated buildings of Dunfallandy Home Farm with lots of lovely autumn colours from the falllen leaves. As I can't resist a falling down shed, I swapped indoor warmth to paint the farm outside. Only 6.C, so lots of layers of clothes needed and feet like blocks of ice at the end.

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Autumn Leaf fall at Dunfallandy Home Farm, Pitlochry. C. Lamb. Oil. 10x12". Nov 11th and 12th 2023.
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Autumn Trees at Ashton Court

11/30/2023

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Autumn Path at Ashton Court Estate. C. Lamb. Oil. 8x8* . 31st October 2023.
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