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Green Men in coloured pencil (2)

Green Men in coloured pencil (2)

 AVAILABLE, Collected (post), Colour, Coloured pencil, Drawing, Imagination, on paper, People, Trees

It being winter, I had moved in to the house to draw my green men. Coloured pencil is a fairly innocuous medium, with the possible exception of the pencil shavings. But the only drawing board that I have that is big enough for a sheet…
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|Green man
Green Men in coloured pencil (1)

Green Men in coloured pencil (1)

 Artwork, AVAILABLE, Collected (post), Coloured pencil, Drawing, Imagination, on paper, People, Trees

I wanted to take the green man idea a little further than my series of small (10x15cm) lino cuts allowed. Green men, in the form of foliate heads, are found as carvings in stone or wood in some medieval churches, so I decided to draw…
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Harrowing – SOLD

Harrowing – SOLD

 Animals, Artwork, Drawing, Horses, Ink, Monochrome, on paper, People

When I visited the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Sussex last year, I was keen to see the heavy horses at work. I was in luck: a team of three Percherons were pulling a harrow at the far side of the site. There was…
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|Farming |Nostalgia |Percheron |working horse
Solo

Solo

 Acrylic, Artwork, AVAILABLE, Featured, Ink, on wood, Painting, People
|cellist |cello |Incorporated frame |musician |people

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