"Clear Green Wave" by Lynda Cookson

It's another really windy and rainy day again here on the west coast of Brittany in France. If we were brave enough to venture down to the sea, which is only 300 metres down a steep road, we'd likely see a rather more active sea than this one! But just imagine the sound of gentle waves lapping at the shore ... in your home each day. How soothing.

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"Bougainvillea Sky" by Lynda Cookson

"Bougainvillea Sky"

A lovely sunny day in Portugal a few years ago ... and that sky really was that blue when I took this photograph! I grew up with a huge ... really old and really big! ... Bougainvillea of this exact shade in KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, so I was tickled to be able to capture my memory so stunningly against the orange deck cover and such an incredibly blue sky. Most definitely one of my favourite photographs.

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"Bougainvillea Sky" by Lynda Cookson

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Harriet

I'd like to introduce you to Harriet. She just popped up from nowhere on a sunny day with a secretive little smile on her face.

"Harriet" is a watercolour on paper measuring 4" x 6" (10 x 15 cm)

I'm beginning to learn a bit about which type of watercolour paper I prefer to use, how much water is good or bad on my brush, which size brush is best for what ... and just generally what comes naturally with a bit of practise.

There's been a lot of moving the studio (grand word for a little space!) around so that I'm comfortable and not tripping anyone up with the extended legs of my easel. The palette of watercolour paints has now found it's place at the top of my easel and a shelf has been cleared for water and brushes. I need a safe place for the water because I'm a real klutz and knock and drop things very easily indeed.

Now, with a swivel of my chair, I can be at my computer keyboard, be oil painting or glass painting on my table, or be watercolour painting at my easel. And there's still space for Bridie the German Shepherd under my table. Voila!

"Harriet" by Lynda Cookson

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"Umbrella Flower" by Lynda Cookson

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Second to last day ... and after deciding that I don't want to always do a painting a day ... I'm going to miss it! Silly, I think it suits sometimes ... and not other times when I want to really get stuck into a big project. And that's the pleasure of living a seesaw life LOL

Painting no. 29 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
"Umbrella Flower"
Oil on Paper
8.5" x 6.5" (22 cm x 16 cm)

"Umbrella Flower" by Lynda Cookson

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"Cherry Blossom Tree"

Painting no. 8 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Cherry Blossom Tree"
Oil on Paper
11" x 7.5" (28 cm x 19 cm)

"Cherry Blossom Tree"

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"Red Breasted Blue Headed Bird"

No 5 om the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge is a mini gallery wrap canvas covered in silver leaf and painted so that the silver leaf gives a border to the painting.

"Red Breasted Blue Headed Bird"

Oil on Silver Leaf and Gallery Wrap Canvas

4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm)

"Red Breasted Blue Headed Bird"

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