This was painted, en plein air, in the last of September’s sunshine. There is a convenient patch of access land on the steep slope of Stubbington Down with a view across the rich farmland of the vale of Kingsclere, looking west towards Beacon Hill and…
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Savernake Forest near Marlborough in Wiltshire is a large, privately owned, area of ancient woodland that is open to the public 364 days of the year (the single annual day of closure allows the owners to retain the property). The forest car park is at the…
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This wonderful hollow tree is on the A339 near Greenham Common. I used pens, pencils, pastels and a variety of bottled inks in my attempt to portray the weathered and gnarly surface of its trunk (bole is another word for tree trunk). Oak Bole mixed…
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