Here are some of my paintings in my BS9 display at Stoke Lodge today. A lovely new venue with bright rooms, high ceilings and for once picture rails for easy hanging
 The Bus turnaround, Cheddar Gorge, Carolyn Lamb 15th and 16th May 2019 . Oil. 12" x 12". The tree bottom centre is in the layby where the open topped bus tour turns around. This was the second of 3 paintings I did of Cheddar Gorge in May. I am sitting opposite the gorge resevoir.  Looking down Cheddar Gorge from the bus turnaround layby. Carolyn Lamb. 21 May 2019. Oil . 8x8". For this one Jane and I are sitting on the island under the layby tree.
 Trees on Rockford Common, Towards Digden Bottom. Carolyn Lamb 2019 .This was the only watercolour I did on holiday, but spent 2 days on my oil of Woodside Cottage.
 Spent some time this month boxing my old paintings for shipment to Bristol. 18 boxes plus one 6ft rolled canvas. I used sliding boxes for smaller ones but larger boxes had to be made from sheets of cardboard taped together.  Didn't have time for art except to add a few details to this watercolour of lilacs and rhododendrons I started in 2014.  Ruins, Hail Wood, Portbury. Carolyn Lamb. 2019. Oil 8"x8". 12th Feb is probably the earliest day of sitting outside doing an oil painting I've done, although I have been out sketching snowdrops and plants. My board was already preprimed with a layer of Winsor and Newton Naples yellow which gave me a head start. Note the historic pigment Naples yellow is yellow but poisonous (Lead antimonate), so this modern substitute is more like an opaque light golden ochre.  In the Garden of Eden. C Lamb 2019. Watercolour pencil. A3. Last February the topic of Adam and Eve was suggested to me by friend Tim, and it has taken this long to get my first Garden of Eden drawing finished. Lots of zoo visits to capture plants and animals.
 Autumn Pond, Elsick House. Carolyn Lamb, Nov 2018 oil. 164 x 214mm.  Elsick House Garden viewed from my bedroom, sketched with watercolour pencils. Time for the Girls Weekend. This year we returned to Elsick House, Cammachmore, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. I chose a bedroom with view overlooking the garden but after an initial sketch found I was later dazzled as the sun shone in directly. So I did my main painting from the north facing bedroom opposite which overlooked the drive and artificial pond with Japanese bridge. Last year I was hampered by running out of paint as my acrylics had dried up in the tubes and only had enough for a 5 x 7" painting. This time I took Artisan oils to avoid that problem, but in order to complete the work in the time I only had a slightly larger board ( 6 1/2" x8 1/2")
 The Old Steps, Rookery Farm, Hewish. Carolyn Lamb. Oil. 20x20cm. 2018. Painted this on the last of the summer outings with Clifton Arts Club. As usual I stayed on after everyone had left to get enough time to finish my painting. |
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