Front garden of Monks Fitchett, Wallington.Carolyn Lamb. August 2015. Oil on board 10x12". There were some sunny moments but mostly I had to paint this from inside the car on the drive to avoid rain sprinkles. The orange plaque on this Grade II listed thatched cottage tells us that George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, used to live here. In his day it had a tin roof and was the village store.
Life sketches at and around Monks Fitchett, Wallington. August 2015
Arriving for a family weekend I did a quick ink sketch of the cottage from the lay-by on Kits Lane. The house behind used to be the village pub. I could look out the bedroom window in the morning to see two tiny muntjac deer wandering about the scrub and gardens opposite. Next, I'm not sure how the kitchen fireplace would have looked originally but now it has a woodburner in it.
No shops or pub in Wallington now, but there was relaxing at home as seen on the middle two sketches, plus a barbeque in the village hall and trips to nearby village pubs for meals at the Moon and Stars (Rushden) and the Fox and Duck (Therfield).
Bottom row is the view out the front window towards another thatched cottage on the corner of Kits Lane and The Street. Lastly a view of Manor Farm from the footpath. I love old sheds and I had hoped to do an oil painting of this but the weather was never good enough to sit unprotected outdoors, so will I try on a future visit. Manor Farm has the extra interest of possibly being the farm inspiration for Orwell's Animal Farm.
No shops or pub in Wallington now, but there was relaxing at home as seen on the middle two sketches, plus a barbeque in the village hall and trips to nearby village pubs for meals at the Moon and Stars (Rushden) and the Fox and Duck (Therfield).
Bottom row is the view out the front window towards another thatched cottage on the corner of Kits Lane and The Street. Lastly a view of Manor Farm from the footpath. I love old sheds and I had hoped to do an oil painting of this but the weather was never good enough to sit unprotected outdoors, so will I try on a future visit. Manor Farm has the extra interest of possibly being the farm inspiration for Orwell's Animal Farm.
Monk Fitchett rear garden. Carolyn Lamb. August 2015. Oil. 5x7" By painting from inside the door of the garden studio I was able to avoid the continuous rain to paint the raised garden at the back of the house.
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