my violet delights back in Norfolk for a week of rain or mist or fog and a galga with a foot cut on broken glass in newcastle on the way home … then at the weekend at last the veils lifted, hesitantly at first … my garden full of flowers which have raised their heads since the sun came out: lots of hellebores which have been biding their time in the cold weather … the grass as usual dotted with cowslips the blackthorn doing its duty, but so wet last week I’m not sure if any of these flowers will have been pollinated, and now the petals are falling, white confetti … and the rowan well on its way to flowering. the hellebores are actually not as full of flowers as they were last year, but there are a couple of seedlings up as well. at last B’s foot closed up enough to risk a walk … she has been belting round the garden so I thought about time to get back to normal. there were two small but deep gashes under the biggest pad of her foot; she’s had a course of antibiotics, but the fuss made about saline washes was ridiculous, water all over the kitchen rather than on her foot. primroses in the wood although the rest of the undergrowth cleared out by the deer, they must not like primroses cakes lane has big mounds of them yesterday a lovely day, sunshine and big clouds I am inspired for more painting but still looking at the ground for the wild violets in Clip Street … they are profuse in places from proper violet colour to white, and you can smell their sweetness when the wind doesn’t blow it away on the banks I think B more interested in some mouse or mole here … the big clouds dominating the landscape are just what I need for my Cley18 paintings yesterday was our Village Hall painting group day I have been watching Lewis Noble’s youtube films of painting outdoors in the peak district so I took a board and canvas outside and flicked paint and water (treated with flow improver – plain water disrupts the pigments) with a brush. in the sun they dried very quickly and provide a great background to work into , keeping the paint fairly translucent now I have a way to get into starting the enormous canvas I have prepared for the final version I ended up with this on the board, today I’m going to work into the canvas and see if I can take it further with more paint. tomorrow when the wind is less aggressive I will haul the big canvas outside and throw jugfuls of wet paint at it. Post navigation woods; walking two dogs in scotlandlooking back at April’s big painting 2 Comments Lovely photos, lovely Norfolk countryside coming through – the colours and the scents and the feel of the air 🙂 Jugfuls of wet paint!! Reply I have a jamjar of water plus a special “flow improver” and a brush and I flick the brush full of wet paint, so it builds up with vertical splashy marks and then runs down. needs to be done outside! then I work into it. on the big painting it will need to be bigger vessels! and brushes … Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Lovely photos, lovely Norfolk countryside coming through – the colours and the scents and the feel of the air 🙂 Jugfuls of wet paint!! Reply
I have a jamjar of water plus a special “flow improver” and a brush and I flick the brush full of wet paint, so it builds up with vertical splashy marks and then runs down. needs to be done outside! then I work into it. on the big painting it will need to be bigger vessels! and brushes … Reply