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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Tea Break
On the way home from London yesterday we stopped off at Canons Ashby in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside for a cup of tea and a piece of cake. Simple things are sometimes the best.
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged Augustinian Priory, Canons Ashby, iphoneography, medieval period, National Trust, photography, Snowdrops
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View from the Roof
Lunching over looking Whitehall and tea over looking St Paul’s Cathedral – it is a hard life but every now and then it is worth taking a day off – especially when it is your anniversary. Whilst it was a … Continue reading
How healthy do you feel?
This is a quote from an article I found in the New York Magazine and whilst it is specific to the current mess that the Republican party in the United States are getting themselves into over healthcare it is just … Continue reading
Move along – nothing to see here
What are we to learn from the two by elections that were held yesterday (23/02/2017)? Well I am sure there will be a lot of mendacious spinning by all sides some of it might be true but most of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brexit, Conservative Party, drawing, European Referendum, Labour Party
Tagged Brexit, Conservative Party, drawing, Labour Party, portrait, sketch, Stoke on Trent, UKIP, woman
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What to do when you are stuck?
I am still in my creative doldrums and nothing seems to be able to lift my mood. When in dire straights it is always worth knowing that Disney can offer some simple pleasures in this barren land. What … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, ink drawing
Tagged Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, Donald Duck, drawing, ink drawing, Mulan, portrait, Procreate, sketch, woman
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One way ticket to a mad man
One of the joys (?) of photography is that you have to work with the available light. Yes you can enhance things in post production but without really good light you start to struggle. Yesterday at Stowe garden was … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged landscape, National Trust, photography, Snowdrops, Stowe Gardens, winter
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Winter sun
In an attempt to purge my system of all the political nonsense floating around this at the moment we visited the most political landscape in Britain – Stowe in Buckinghamshire – short of a busman’s holiday.
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged Mute Swans, National Trust, photography, Reflections, Stowe Gardens, winter
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It only took one speech
It only took one speech and the whole British political world suddenly fell apart. It didn’t matter that the speech was, to say the least, out of step with the current political temperature it was the underlying message that … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Brexit, Politics
Tagged Apple Pencil, portrait, Procreate, sketch, Tony Blair
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Oh you pretty things
Everyday the world seems to get just a little crazier than before…little things and big things I just can’t keep up. No matter. This morning as a means to ease this craziness I made these two quick drawings…I present to … Continue reading