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Autumn acorns and walnuts…in aquarelle

Autumn is the time I take long walks in the forest/woods and gather mushrooms, and chestnuts, walnut, leaves and everything else that take my fancy. Back in the atelier it gets spread out on every available surface, pinned up on a board, hung on a chandelier, stuck in a vase….and painted or sketched or drawn. However much I love being outside, being in front of the drawing table in the atelier, gives me just as much pleasure.

..walnuts in aquarelle..

watercolour in Daler & Rowney artiusts sketchbook, 21×29,7cm

walnuts & acorns 1

.walnuts in aquarelle..

watercolour in Daler & Rowney artiusts sketchbook, 21×29,7cm

walnuts & acorns 3 ..working in the “barn atelier” in autumn and winter”..

acorns and walnuts 4552x3244

à bientôt!

Ronelle

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chestnuts

Two years ago I sketches some chestnuts in the forest.  Yesterday I did a new sketch. The chestnuts are only starting to open in the forest now, but we have to be fast, before the squirrels and other chestnut lovers get hold of them.

chestnuts 1

watecolor and pen on Arches watercolor paper,  23×30.5cm

chestnuts 2 6784x5044

chestnuts 2(done 2 years ago)

chataigne

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September sketches: la Poste in Bretenoux.

I was enjoying a coffee in medieval Bretenoux with its lovely little cobbled squares and covered alleys. The sun was shining hot and I got tempted into a second coffee and drawing the post office just opposite me. Very lazily of course… as all sun lovers will know…the sun is a happy drug!

I added only a touch of colour, which I quite like, since the linework was very spontaneous and quirky..

Bretenoux

pen in Daley and Rowney watercolor sketchbook

bretnoux la post

à bientôt

ronelle

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August sketching 18: Birthday sunflowers.

Is there any gift bigger for a birthday than a sunny day in august and a large bunch of bright yellow sunflowers? so was my birthday yesterday.

And as sketches…my sunflowers captured lazily today as I think I had too much birthday yesterday…

birthday sunflowers 1

watercolor and pen in Daler and rowney sketchbook

 

birthday sunflowers 1

birthday sunflowers 2

watercolor and pen in Daler and rowney sketchbook

birthday sunflowers 2

à demain

Ronelle

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August sketching 15: Kitchen vignette

I did a lot of experimenting today..playing around with inks and rigger brushes, gouache paints and aquarelles. I finally played with  a kitchen vignette in aquarelle and Herbin inks. Not totally happy with the results, so a lot of work waiting  with the inks . the drawing was actually so much better before I added the aquarelle..should’ve stopped there.

vignette cuisine

 

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August sketching 14: a red roof in Beaulieu

My august sketching have slipped a little from under me and I lost a few days. The constant rain we’ve been having added to the difficulty of getting out. today’s sketch is just a large simple house  with a impressive red tiled roof…I love these red roofs..

..a red roof in Beaulieu..

watercolor and Prera pilot fountain pen in S&B sketchbook

a red roof in Beaulieu

à demain

Ronelle