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Category Archives: Drawings and Sketches
Two pieces separated by time and distance
I thought today, I would write about two pieces which I recently added to my collection. They come from very different times and were made half a world apart. We begin with the most recent artwork. A piece done in … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Lino/woodcuts
Tagged bluebird, cherry tree, children, forest, pastel, watercolour, woodblock
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Two Modern European Artists
We will start today with a piece which has been in my collection for a number of years. #KarlEwaldOlszewski (1884-1965) was a German artist who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and later in Paris. He began as a … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged balcony, beach, dunes, facade, grass, Paris, restaurant, sea, swans
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Robert Kilpatrick artist
Our artist today comes from Scotland who was a local favourite in the area around the town of St. Monans. #RobertKilpatrick (act. 1935 – 1950) worked mostly in watercolour with a few excursions into oils. He, mostly, painted scenes of … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged anchors, banner, canal, farm buildings, motto, ropes, Samuel Pepys, trees, windmills
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The hand-drawn map
Now-a-days we use satnavs to plan our routes for traveling and take pictures for memory. Previously, we used atlases and street directories and again took pictures and possibly a diary. I came across a hand drawn map a while back … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged Brittany, cities, France, lakes, maps, rivers, roads, towns
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One name, two artists
Once in a while one comes across artists with the same name. Earlier, I have blogged about JMW Turner as well as J Turner (Turner of Oxford) so today I want to look at the artists known as #JohnWard. We … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged arches, boats, Bristol, church, opera, seamen, ships, St Mary's Radcliffe
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Norman Orr artist
We go north, today, to Edinburgh, Scotland to visit artist #NormanOrr (1924-1993). Orr was born in Edinburgh and was one of Scotland’s leading wildlife artists. He began his artistic life as an engraver of glass. He enlisted in the Marines … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged donkey, ears, foal, grass, hair, hooves, legs
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Peggy Wickham artist
Today, we consider artist #PeggyWickham (1909-1978) nee #MarjorieJoanEarnshaw. It is more likely that you would have heard of her mother. For she was the daughter of #MabelLucieAtwell. Her mother was a children’s illustrator and comics artist and it was her … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged bow, child, doll, dress, girl
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William Etty artist
Not that long ago, I purchased a drawing. It is a portrait ofb a young lady done with black and red chalk and a touch of body colour white. The portrait itself is not signed but on the backing paper … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged chalk, ear, eyes, hair, lady, lips, nose, portrait, William Etty
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Bessie Hevenor artist
I picked up a pastel portrait at a charity shop this past week. It is nicely drawn and coloured and created by artist #BessieAcker (neeHevenor). Not an artist which I had come across before and there is not too much … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches
Tagged army airforce, glasses, Glenn Miller, musician, pastel, portrait, uniform
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Schloss Oranienstein
#SchlossOranienstein is found at Diez on the Lahn. It is a castle or palace which was home to #WilliamV,PrinceofOrange for a number of years. The palace was built on the ruins of #DiersteinAbbey for the CV ountess Albertine Agnes of … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged castle, cliff, forest, Germany, horse and cart, Oranienstein, palace, promontory, Schloss, travellers
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