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The days end
More quick sketches from Saqqara. Waterbuffalo are not easy to draw but I'm fascinated by their shape.
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2009
blue cabbages and egrets
I didn't do this scene much justice, but it was like something from another time...two men digging...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2009
Heading home
In an effort to loosen up, I did a series of small quick watercolour sketches based on photos taken...
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Uploaded on Dec 9, 2009
Aziza liked to accessorise
Another quick watercolour sketch from my Saqqara trip. I don't really know what this waterbuffalo's name was but Aziza seemed to suit.
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Uploaded on Dec 9, 2009
Gayer-Anderson courtyard
I couldn't resist another visit to the Gayer-Anderson in Cairo. I sat in the warm sun and sketched...
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Uploaded on Dec 9, 2009
grey mangrove~ Avicennia marina
On a remote and secluded coastline, just outside Sharm el Sheikh, is a very special place where the...
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Uploaded on Nov 3, 2009
The Celebration Hall, Gayer-Anderson Museum
scruffy banana tree, Cairo
A quick sketch whilst waiting for my daughters to finish swimming.
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Uploaded on Oct 19, 2009
custard apple
I have a WIP here if you are interested (you have to scroll down the page) www.wetcanvas.com/forums/s howthread.php?t=587816&page= 4
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Uploaded on Oct 19, 2009
red apple
I did this on a sheet of cheap paper which buckled...but I quite like the effect.
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Uploaded on Oct 11, 2009
Eeek!
If only life was just about painting butterflies and shells.......
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Uploaded on Oct 7, 2009
monarch caterpillars
My daughters discovered a milkweed plant growing in their schoolyard, a host to butterflies and...
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Uploaded on Oct 7, 2009
African Monarch Butterfly
(Danaus chrysippus aegyptius) Throughout Egypt, flying leisurely over the gardens you will find...
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Uploaded on Oct 7, 2009
The one that almost didn't make it
I loved the colours of the dates in the tree against the turquoise colour of the pool, but this...
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Uploaded on Oct 6, 2009
seashell
This is a murex shell (not sure which kind). They are carnivorous, feeding on molluscs. Apparently...
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Uploaded on Oct 6, 2009
Cone shell
Whatever you do, if you find a shell similar to this, don't pick it up! Some cone shells...
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Uploaded on Oct 6, 2009
Figaro
A birthday present for my mum... a painting of her cat. Oil on canvas I still have niggles about...
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Uploaded on Oct 3, 2009
