Andre Rieu - Silent Night, Holy Night (Christmas instrumenta

Silent night played by the man himself Andre Rieu...just awesome
Happy Christmas to you all and have a Magical New Year

Andre Rieu Glenn Miller medley

Who Says Music cant be lots of fun even the classics????? What a man what an Orchestra

Andre Rieu - Strauss-Walzer Medley 2005

My fist try at painting a Koi Fish

This is my first try at painting a Koi Fish.....On taking a good look at this painting I can see there is much room for improvement but that will hopefully take place next time around.

Just 2 of my Froggie friends

Here is a photo of 2 of my Greent Tree Frogs...we have 7 altogether but 4 are just babies the one at the back is Jo Jo and the one at the front is Toe Jo......Cute Huh???

Tiger in Pastel

Here is another painting taken from a Colin Bradley lesson....a Tiger.....painted with the Faber Castell Pitt Pencils......hope you like him

Revised Version of the Gorilla

This is a revised version of the Gorilla.....I still think it can be altered a little more but will wait a while and just keep it in sight to see what I can do to make it more real looking

A Gorilla

This Gorilla was painted in Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils from a lesson by Colin Bradley in England......This one was very intricate and I know that I can do better and will paint it again when my confidence comes back to me for painting with my pastels...havent used them for some time now.

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A Meerkat

I haven't done any painting for a few weeks due to me being in hospital and then recuperating, but this morning I picked up my Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils and had a go at this Meerkat...I may be a bit rusty but at least I had a go.

This painting is taken from a lesson by Colin Bradley in England.....you can see some of his demos on You Tube ...he goes under the name of colin1940 if you are interested

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Magic Eraser Watercolor Trick

Mr Clean Eraser for watercolours

The Little Girl Portrait a second go

This is a re-do of the Little Girl......I had fun painting this one and believe that I painted this one a lot better....I feel that the time spent in redoing this portrait has boosted my confidence to try more portraits...so I am one happy camper.
All thanks go to Taylor Bush and her lessons on DVD

A Little Girl

This is a portrait taken from a lesson by Taylor Bush(ZOE).......I now have a fascination of doing portraits as this is a glazing technique which I am very interested in.

My first portrait

This is my first portrait......I painted it from a lesson on the net and downloaded it a year or more ago...sorry I cannot remember who did this demonstration but thought it was time I gave it a go.

Pink Azaleas

Here is another view of the watercolour painting Azaleas this time in pink.......I think Azaleas and Rhodies are just gorgeous and a joy to paint

Azaleas

These White Azaleas were painted in the same method as the Rhodies..... a technique that I am absolutely thrilled with thanks to Arleta Pech, her book and the DVD

Portrait

This painting is a portrait of taken from a photo "The Girl in a Hat"...it was a challenge painting from a watercolour group that I am in.......these challenges really stretch ones abilities but we learn a lot from them so it is all worth while

Watercolour Painting of Rhodedendrums

This painting was taken from a DVD lesson of Arleta Pech's..whose art work is wonderful....her detail in painting lace is magnificent......this lady has produced a book and DVD's which are very detailed....I really like her technique.