Antarctic Terns

I'm working on the colour of the water.  Ultramarine blue doesn't do it here. *

 1979, from an old photograph of Brunkerville Mill
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1980, another early work

Cleaning out the shed can reveal some forgotten gems. *

Some exercises with shadows and light - -

Autumn Morning

a quick watercolour trial *

Pete's Tender

Nautical themes are fraught - this one has a lot of issues as I didn't sketch first but I still like it. *

Two weeks of quick paintings with the Cessnock Art Society - an opportunity to practice, practice, practice - -

Seven 9.5 x 20cm technique practice pieces for

Brokenback Range, Cessnock

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Old Man Red

Pen and wash *

Olgas 

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Cocky                                      Shearer

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Watercolours in Sicily, October 2014 - -

These sketches and paintings were done during a three-week tour of Southern Italy.  Many are quick sketches and most are incomplete,  Each day's work was photographed with my iPad, then emailed home.  A great way to remember a trip!

          

towards Piazza Pretoria                                                                    Merman

Contrasts of sunlit walls and dark lanes.             Piazza Pretoria is in the centre of Palermo,

The picturesque "beggar woman" featured                            Its grand fountain provided lots

in many tourist photos.  *                                                     of sketching opportunities. *

   

Palermo Rooftop 

The hotel featured a restaurant here, and made a comfortable sketching location. *

Cefalu

The old part of the town nestles beneath a ruined fortress - La Rocca *

Norman Cathedral, Cefalu

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Salt Works, Mozia

The wind-driven pumps used to transfer the brine from one area to another. *

Farm Building near Mozia

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Mozia Windmill remnants

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Terracotta downpipe,                                   Mozia

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 San Giovanni degli Eremiti                                      Agrigento 6th Century BC Temple

Moorish domes, a remnant of the 10th Century   *                            (incomplete)     *                                                                          

Cloister, San Giovanni degli Eremiti

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A Palermo Market

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Temple of Concord

architecture is an old old art  *

Patio water feature, Palermo

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Experiments with an iPad sketching app

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Lipari Fisherman

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Boat Study, Lipari

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Lipari waterfront and Citadel Wall

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Lipari Citadel from out Hotel 

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Lipara Citadel at dusk

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Lipari Patchwork

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 Getting the reflections right

A small study in the Lipari harbour *

Lipari Old Town

Steep narrow streets - not  successful trials *

Amphitheatre

Siracusa Archaeological Park *

Evening Impressions, Ortigia

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Aqueduct

Still working after fifteen centuries *

Old Ragusa

So picturesque - now a heritage-listed university town *

         

Cathedral Steps, Noto     *                                     Fountain, Noto *

Font of Arethusa

A fresh-water spring in Ortigia *

Fishing Boats

A quick study in Ortigia harbour *

Cruise Yacht and fishing boat

Ortigia *

Memories of other delights *

Piazza San Francisco, Palermo

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Elymian Temple in the Segesta Hills

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