New Painting, of Westgate in Wakefield... and Tempus edam rerun... and all that... 

Been a bit tardy updating my websites, never enough time, is there? Little inconsiderate of me, particularly when I see that people keep dropping in.....

I'm coming to the end of my season down at Art in the Park here in Stratford, was an enjoyable time, mostly ... and I did pretty well on sales.... met a lotta very nice people from all over the planet, had some great chats...

Unfortunately I've not had much time to paint this summer, been tied up with the Park which involves framing and re-framing pieces, printing cards, getting up at 3 am. to go down to the Park to mark my spot for the coming day, then riding back home on my bike (Dolores) in the dark... I've no lights on Dolores, we don't go for all that bling, and the local constabulary don't seem too concerned...

Gotta dash, off to Kitchener for some art supplies - I've started giving the odd painting lesson, and am considering upping the number of students ( not sure about that term, students, makes me feel a mite pretentious, which we all know I'm not, on account of my humility...)

This piece came out of a session last week, it was a demonstration which I did quickly.... 

and I shall have to come back to tell you more... I really hafta dash...

Hill, Staithes, North Yorkshire 021814

Watercolour, 4.5" x 8" on Arches 300 gsm HP paper.

Not the first time I've painted this view...

Not too much fine detail this time ... just going for the larger areas' shapes, tonal values and colours... so don't you be going and blowing it up too large, now...

Somewhere in Yorkshire, where the mole-catcher had passed by... Watercolour 020714

Somewhere in Yorkshire, where the mole-catcher had passed by... Watercolour 020714, a photo by Vyvyan Green on Flickr.

Watercolour, 5" x 8" on Arches 300gsm hot-pressed.

This from a photo I took 'somewhere' in 2009 - when I first posted this piece I couldn't recall the exact location, hence the vague title... since then, with the aid of my sisters Penny and Jennifer, and of Roy and of Mr Google (Ernest would've been in there too, but he was napping), I have learned that it's about a mile, as the proverbial crow flies, from Semer Water in the Yorkshire Dales.

Just a small piece, with a couple of flicks of gouache, and with a touch of pen and ink for the finer detailing... done quickly, sketch-style...

The mole-catcher connection? On my left as I took this photo is a barbed-wire fence from which dangled a typical row of dead moles, - left there by the mole-catcher to tell any passers-by that he has been busily and effectively plying his trade nearby...