Artist Journal Workshop Challenges

I'm trying to  draw and paint every day now to revive my skills, and  also remembering to post!

Yesterday,  I had a lovely parcel! I received my prize for completing the Derwent Academy  - a tin of 24 Inktense pencils! I enjoyed doing the classes and  found them a really useful reminder now I'm getting back into art again. Can't wait to use the pencils, but I'll have to! Thank you to Valerie at super Colours in the Briehz for encouraging me to take part.

Members of my 'Artist's Journal Workshop' FB group set a challenge to create some lovely crab apples, and  then a gorgeous little wren, so I decided to try and improve my watercolours! There are some truly wonderful artists in the group,  but everyone's so supportive and friendly,  I  don't mine posting my efforts there!

This is my first attempt at a bird  in watercolour - lots of fun and a great learning experience!  Both these are White Nights watercolour on Saunder's Waterford 140lb paper, Not.

Lytes Cary Manor - Dovecote

Lytes Cary is a  beautiful manor house in Somerset.  At the end of the formal garden there's a a dovecote, which is in fact a disguised water tower, so as not to detract from the house! It's seen better days but has such charm. I am a sucker for these sort of buildings, especially when they are falling into  disrepair, as such amazing textures are created. I took some artistic license with the background!

 Noodlers Black ink and Derwent Coloursoft pencils. W&N Sketchbook