SUN FLOWERS STILL GROWING

 The weather has continued to be unseasonally warm and stuff that I would normally be clearing away is still growing like these sunflowers on  a friend's allotment.

                                                                                             

 

                                                           

 

                                                                                       Still Growing

                                                                                       Acrylic on Canvas 

                                                                                for sale on     www.ebay.co.uk

Shades of Grey

After a short break from painting and selling work I always return to a Life Drawing group in Cambridge .The group starts with drawing with black charcoal on paper .It is good discipline to draw using only shades of grey.

                                                                   

 

Agnes,charcoal on pastel paper

                                                                               

Rebecca, charcoal on pastel paper.

Down To The Sea

The heat wave has been exhausting ,the May Balls and summer term are nearly over. The students  and their mentors are planning their escapes from Cambridge to  enjoy a vacation.Some time by the ocean cooling off with Majorca and the other Balearic islands popular destinations  for this year.

                                                            

                                          BRIGHT SAILS -mixed media painting



                                                               

SUNDAY PAPERS

                

 As the temperature rises it is time to head for the coast and the countryside where a cool breeze bringing relief from city heat can be found.

 Take a picnic and the Sunday papers with you.

                                                                     

                                     
                                          SUNDAY PAPERS mixed media painting


                                                    

                                        SUMMER FIELDS acrylic painting




                                                  

                                            LOW TIDE mixed media painting These paintings are for sale on www.ebay.co.uk

English Landscape

  The English countryside is lush and green in June as the grass grows long
and wild flowers like poppies come in to bloom.




                                                    

Summer Meadow (SOLD)

                       Acrylic Fine Art on Canvas Board

                                                                          

Evening Light (SOLD)

                         Acrylic Fine Art on Stretched Canvas

for sale on  www.ebay.co.uk
                      

                                                       

Punting On The River,Cambridge UK

Warm, sunny weather has encouraged many people onto the River Cam to try their hand at punting.This is not as easy as it looks and there are many crashes and lost punting poles.
A chauffeured punt is easier and a lovely way to see around the backs of  Cambridge Colleges which are not accessable to the public.
Keep your hands inside the punts, bashed thumbs are a common injury as passengers clutch onto the sides of bumping punts.


                                                                      

Punting On The River,Cambridge,UK

                                                                                Acrylic on canvas (SOLD)



There are several starting points for the tours, I usually recommend  Scudamores, their starting point is on Quayside opposite Magdalene College.
There are plenty of restaurants, bars and cafes nearby if you have to wait .

                                                                                         

 If you have a large party you can book more than one punt. We celebrated our Golden Wedding by having lunch in my husband's college and then hireing 2 punts for our rather drunken friends which was a lot of fun.You can also arrange to have picnics and drinks delivered to your punt if you want to.

                                                                                       


                                                                                                 

      

Follow this link to contact Scudamore's punt hire company.


www.scudamores.com                                         

Weddings and Weight Watching

Summer is a time when I start worrying about loosing some weight.Various social events beckon and I want to fit into my posh clothes without looking too porky.I have joined weight watchers, online this time as I cannot face those awful lectures and smug women who have lost a ton of weight.

The pounds are coming off. Here are my  painterly reactions to it all.


                                                                 

Weight Watcher for sale on ebay.co.uk (SOLD)

                                                                       

Wedding Day,for sale onwww.ebay.co.uk (SOLD)