 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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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.  Birnbeck Pier . C.Lamb. 13 Sept 2023. Oil 8x8". .Finally got round to painting the falling down Grade II listed Victorian Pier at Weston-Super -Mare, designed by legendary pier builder Eugenius Birch and opened in 1867. It joins the mainland to Birkbeck Island. Closed to the public in 1994 due to safety concerns, after years of attempts to get it repaired and restored it has been purchased by North Somerset Council from developers on Thursday 13 July 2023 and restoration work is planned to take place over several years with funding from the council, the National Lottery the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), Historic England. It is so attractive to artists like me in its dilapidated state, so I hope the restoration will not end like the Weston Grand Pier that burned down in 2008 and is rebuilt in a modern style, and more like the attractive restoration of Clevedon Pier. Piers and light houses along the North Smerset coast have been subjects this year
 Triumph at the Gateway, Rock House, Elberton. C. Lamb Oil. 8x8". Painting with Clifton Arts on Saturday. I am usually attracted to paint falling down barns and trees but when Ian turned up with his lovely old Triumph Herald i had to give it the front stage.  POND PATH watercolour 29th June 23: RHEUM STALKS, oil 8x8", 28th June and 7th July , and ROUND FOUNTAIN, oil, 8X8" 10th July 23. Painting at Holt Farm , the Yeo Valley Organic Garden again this year.
Last year I did 11 oils there. This year I have only done 6 oils and 1 watercolour so far as our variable weather affects my work outdoors. The watercolour was done from under the shelter of a garden gazebo as it was raining, and the round pool was done out of the doorway of the greenhouse as it was raining, while the Ornamental rhubarb was done under the shelter of a brolly as it was baking hot.
As an outdoor landscape artist who always paints on the spot, my painting year starts with better weather. This often coincides with the opening of the Yeo Valley Organic Gardens at Holt Farm, Blagdon. This ever changing garden has provided inspiration for 39 oil paintings since 2014 . I first visited it with Clifton Arts Club and we come very year, but I found you can get a season ticket or free entry as part of the R.H.S. Partner Garden scheme, so I come more frequently.
 The final result. Here is most of my display on the BS9 Art trail at Stoke Lodge |
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