LONDON IN WINTER

London is a wonderful city to visit at this time of the year. The Christmas lights are switched on creating a magical atmosphere once it gets dark.The shops are full of luxury Christmas goods and gifts, even if you think they are too expensive to buy it is fun just to look.

Cold weather is forecast , London in the snow is  lovely,so much colour and contrast.I have tried to capture this in this painting of Piccadilly.

 

 

                                                         

LONDON SNOW

 

 

                                                                                    Acrylic on stretched canvas
                                                                             for sale on www.ebay.co.uk

Winter Mornings and Evenings

More paintings for ebaying this week, a winter landscape of children trudging to school through the snow  and a common scene in my local pub of men who have just finished work having a Friday night drink


                                                                               

WINTER MORNING

                                                                                                        

FRIDAY NIGHT

Acrylic on stretched canvas, for sale on www.ebay.co.uk

                            

Christmas Market

Christmas Market

The shops are full of Christmas goods, delicious mincepies  and seasonal fare is now available.Not everyone approves of goods on display this early but the lights look warm and cheerful now that the clocks have changed and darker evenings are here.

Cities all over Europe have special Christmas Markets with specialist craft goods and food  on offer.I love these markets.My favourite stalls in Cambridge market are Tom's Cakes and another selling delicious crystallized fruits and, nuts and spices.

 

                                                                               

                                      Christmas Market, Acrylic on stretched canves

                                       For sale on   www.ebay.co.uk                                             

Will There Be Snow ?

We have not had any real snow in Cambridge for four years so I have to use photographs from previous years for paintings.I noticed on a news item that there has been snow in Finland, a long way to go for some snow.



                                                                               

 

First Snow Fall

Acrylic on stretched canvas for sale on  ebay.co.uk

                                                                                                    

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