Ebony

Ebony
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The new addition to our family unit - we adopted her from the Cats and Dogs home a couple of weeks ago. We think she is about 10 months old and possibly a cross between a Staffie and a Whippet, with a bit of Labrador thrown in! She is very affectionate, playful and alert, and can run like the wind, but is a little nervous when out on the lead.

I had never particularly been a dog person - we used to have a lovely cat, but I must say I am enjoying her company and she gets me out of the house more which can't be bad

Irises

Irises
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I used two techniques here. I drew the Flag Iris on the right first. It was drawn with watercolour pencils then painted over with a waterbrush, but I think I overworked it. It's always so hard when to know to stop!

The one on the left I painted with a light watercolour wash then shaved on some pigment from the watercolour pencils. This technique would have worked better on proper watercolour paper as the moleskine sketchbook does not seem to like getting too wet - it will take a certain amount of water but then tends to seep through to the back of the page. I like the looser look of this one though - what do you think?

Watercolour and watercolour pencils in Moleskine Sketchbook

My New best friend

My New best friend
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This was a lot harder to draw than I imagined - especially those little rounded buttons on the blue panel!

Moleskine sketchbook, pen and watercolour pencils

Garden surprises

Garden surprises
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We moved into a new house in January, the garden had been very neglected due to the previous owners ill health. So it has been a nice surprise to see a few flowers poke through the soil. So far we have had a patch of bluebells and these Lily of the Valley which have always been a favourite with their delicious scent and tiny white bells.

Not too pleased with the leaf on the left - it looks far too 'flat', still early days in my watercolour journey, much still to learn...

Moleskine sketchbook and watercolours

why

why
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Collage, chalks, gel pen and rubber stamps in spiral bound watercolour journal

Scents of France

A wonderful idea taken directly from Dory Kanter's book "Art Escapes" to document the scents and aromas of your trip

Watercolour on watercolour paper

the blues

the blues
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Acrylics, rubber stamping and collage in watercolour journal

Real women

Real women
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I just think it is sad that so many women cannot accept themselves as they are - they strive so hard for 'perfection' which is often not as attractive as that which nature intended...

Harmony

Harmony
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

Acrylics, collage and gel pen

Clouds

Clouds
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

This was inspired by a poem by A.K. Marshfield -

"Clouds puffed up like roosters
A swirl of jet smoke in the azure blue
Green liquid lapping
Just beaching and nothing on mind's horizon
My feet walk away with my mind
another life calls to me..."

Acrylics on watercolour paper with gel pen

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