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Inspired by Turner

When I was about 14, I went to a large exhibition of Turner's work, including sketchbooks and sketches, at what was then the Tate Gallery and now Tate Britain. I spent the return journey scribbling on a piece of paper as the coach chased the sun down the M4. Today I did something similar returning on a coach from the Turner and the Masters Exhibition.

Top drawing is an imaginative interpretation of the Oxfordshire landscape as seen from the coach window. the sketches below were made from the work in the exhibition.

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Observed and composed

Sketchbook work a week apart. Drawing in presentation on the left while the right hand drawing is a working drawing for a painting based on memories of Callas in France from this Summer.

Provence Painting

I painted this as a birthday present for my sister; its based on memories of a holiday in Provence: Walking in fields full of wild flowers and travelling through the French countryside on a train.

People watching

Wash brush, pencil, fineliner and fast work