Cumberland Lodge

This is the result of my first time sketching outside.  I found it quite relaxing and glad there was no one else there to look over my shoulder.  This took me around 3-4 hours, which includes washing in with a little bit of colour.
The building is Cumberland Lodge in Windsor...

Carnations

My husband brought me some flowers.  I know, sickening isn't it.
This was my attempt to paint them.  I used a ink pen and watercolour. Dollyx

 This is my little workstation on the floor.  Look I have toes!

Work in progress.  See the finish painting below. 

Finger print Wedding Tree

I drew this for a friends wedding. During the wedding, rather than have a guest book, all the guest will leave a finger print on a tree branch.
It will look great once it's filled with finger prints.  I got ink pads with different shades of green for variety.
Dolly

work in progress

Baboon

Last summer my husband and I visited Berlin.  While we were there we went to the Berlin Zoo.
When we got home I painted this baboon from a photo a took.
I actually drew this a few months ago, but forgot I done it.
Here it is let me know what you think.
Dolly.

The photo I took and a photo of work in progress

Berliner Dom

I recently went on a trip to Berlin.  After doing the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church I did the Berliner Dom Cathedral 
During my visit to the Berlin, I was amazed by its range of architectural styles.  I was particularly struck with how they infused the old Reich era Germany with a modern vibrant city.  Berliner Dom, I found particularly symbolic as it sits like an island against a backdrop of Soviet bloc architecture.  I felt the best way to express this in pictorial form was to paint the Cathedral without background to express its identity as an island of 19th century Germany in the modern city,
Dolly X 

My work in progress.

Listening to music I sketch it out in pencil first then go over it in ink pen.  

Of course I use a photo as reference.

Kaiser Wilhelm Church

I recently went on a trip to Berlin, here is my painting of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
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Mr Benn

I enjoyed creating The Wombles canvas so much I decided I would do it again.  This time I did Mr Benn.  I grew up watching Mr Benn throughout the 80s+90s, but it was first on TV in 1971.
Much like how I did The Wombles canvas I drew all the costumes and characters in ink and watercolour, on hot pressed watercolour paper.
Painting the background in acrylic and drawing the lines of the door and floor boards in a fine liner pen and watercolour.  I didn't use a ruler on the door, as I didn't want it looking too perfect.
like it? why not share it.  Thanks Dolly x

Robin

This is a ink and watercolour I done based on a friends photograph of a Robin.

I've always loved Robins ever since reading The Secret Garden as a child. 

I then wanted to try the composition in a different media.  Here I cut cardboard into the different shapes painted over them in acrylic paint and then glued them together.  I sometimes prefer being a bit messier and making pictures like this one.  It's much like my Green Man picture, have a look. 

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Shadow People

I drew these characters using black ink.  In my next post, I will be reproducing this in my first lino print.
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Illustration Friday: Exotic

It's pretty hard to think of 'Exotic' when it's pouring it down every hour of the day, all week.
However, what I've done is redrawn some sketches I did of people at the beach last summer.  I wanted to have a hazy/sandy wash over the top.  It didn't really turn out how I planned, but oh well.
Tell me what you think.
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Illustration Friday: Search

Hi everyone! This is my contribution to this weeks theme, search.
As a child I remember pretending that I had a dragon and I would play and hide and seek with him.
This was the inspiration to this drawing, I hope you like it.

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