Painting with abandon.

Evening Light was my first painting today and Secret Garden was my second. For some inexplicable reason I was able to let loose on that one and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I find it so annoying that I can't just turn that feeling on and off. It hits me at times when I'm not ready for it but this time I just went with it. I'm determined to do more like this in the future. I hate being too controlled and fussy, it stifles my painting instincts.


Secret Garden. Watercolour 7x 5 inches.


Evening Light. Watercolour 7x 5 inches.

The Stream at Crews Hill.

The Stream at Crews Hill. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

King and Tinker Lane.

King and Tinker Lane. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Epping Forest.

Darn, I can feel myself tightening up again. I must stay loose and splashy. I must stay loose and splashy. I must not concentrate TOO much. I must not concentrate Too much.


Epping Forest. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Hilly Fields Wood.

Gale force winds have forced me to resort to my image library today. This is a painting of an image I took in Hilly Fields Wood in Enfield last summer. I was taken by the clusters of trees in sunlight and the dappled patterns on teh ground. It was quite difficult to paint and one which I can see me doing a few more times yet.



Hilly Fields Wood. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Morning Mist.

Morning Mist. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.




Epping Forest. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Bankside Trees at Dusk.

Bankside Trees at Dusk. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Bankside Trees.

Bankside Trees. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Storm Damage, Forty Hill.

I've been asked a number of times whether I give watercolour painting lessons. This is something I may be interested in doing at some time in the future. The only trouble is, when I get "into the zone" I go into an automatic mode and the paintings simply appear. I'm worried that if I have to analyze what I do, in order to convey this to a student, it would break the spell. I think the best thing would be to just paint and allow the student to ask the questions that they feel is relevant. I'm not sure yet, I'll have to give it some thought. Hmmm!

As you may know I like to play my harmonica while I wait for my paint to dry. I wrote a piece of music for my Mum who died in 2007. It has taken me ages to figure it out. I have called it Lament for Marie. I'm saying goodbye to my Mum. It's not perfect yet but I'm working it up into a nice piece of music. I hope you like it.


Storm Damage, Forty Hill. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Sunny Morning in Whitewebbs Woods.

What a lovely day. I was out on my bicycle again today and enjoyed a bright, sunny day, although it was rather chilly. There are still a lot of leaves to fall from the trees, I feel the next windy day will strip them almost bare.



Sunny Morning in Whitewebbs Woods. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.

Saddlers Mill Brook.

Saddlers Mill Brook runs from Enfield to Edmonton. It was used to power a water mill sometime in the 1700's, and was situated somewhere near Bury Street West and the A10 Cambridge Road. Unfortunately there are no drawings of the old mill in existence, only written accounts of where it was.


Saddlers Mill Brook. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches,

The Sweetheart Tree.

Got a bit of the sniffles and a thick head today (No! I'm teetotal) so I'm working from my image library from previous excursions into the woods. The Sweetheart Tree. There's a heart pierced with an arrow cut into the bark.


The Sweetheart Tree. Watercolour 7 x 5 inches.