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Paul Mc's blog: Mackeral
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010. It's too easy to get used to good weather. This weekend we forgot we were in the U.K. followed a break in the clouds and went line fishing off a boat (Kraken) out of Lyme Regis. The sea was spectacular, a gently undulating glassy surface with a seamless blend between it and the pearly cloud backdrop. Quite a beautiful and surreal experience for an infrequent boater like me. Mackeral are a beautiful fish to catch (easy), eat (tasty) and to look at (stripey). More of My stuff.
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Paul Mc's blog: West Bay
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Back in Dorset. Lovely place lovely weather. I promised myself I'd try to. Omething of the crazy cliffs in West Bay and Burton Bradstock. All this area was a river delta millions of years ago and the ebb and flow of the water has resulted in really striking strata. Add some uplifting (? And erosion and you get something very unique. It feels like the setting for the closing. Sequence of Planet Of The Apes. You blew it up! God damn you all to hell! But either way you get the idea.
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Paul Mc's blog: Beer Garden
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Monday, August 9, 2010. Some success (by my standards) though. It was a wet Sunday but later in the day the sun came out and we retied to the beer garden of the Manor Hotel in West Bexington. Ordered cider for the first time since being a student, good choice, I suspect there's more to follow if the summer holds out. Anyway, this pic has some annoying shortcomings but I'm happy enough considering I was 2 pints in. Actually think it's a much nicer pic and captures the mood of the place more effectivly.
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Paul Mc's blog: Oil No2
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Sunday, March 6, 2011. Tomatoes and coffee bon't make a great snack but they serve well enough as a still life subject. I took a bit more care over this one. I really want to be able to paint in the 'studio' and in the evenings so I sorted out some daylight lighting and used a box to reduce background interference. I got some 20w (100w old skool) low-energy daylight bulbs from 'nulightuk' on eBay http:/ myworld.ebay.co.uk/nulightuk/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Paul Mc's blog: June 2010
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Sunday, June 20, 2010. Got pulled behind a tractor at Loseley today. Exhaust, dust and rubber; I love it! This is a digital colour-up of a pencil sketch I did at the time. Monday, June 14, 2010. It's sort of my fallback style I guess. A5 ish and about an hour or so to do each at the side of the road. The colour is pretty delicate and some has disappeared in the scanning, I'll have another go at them later. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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Paul Mc's blog: The Moat at Elstead
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Monday, August 30, 2010. The Moat at Elstead. Not a terribly exciting image but it has some things going for it. It's of The Moat behind Elstead. I took off for a couple of hours this morning to see if anything convinced me to paint it. After strolling around The Moat for a bit (remaining unconvinced) I decided I had to do. Rather than pack it in so I sat myself at the far side of the pond, looking back on the little. It's a lovely spot, very relaxing, ducks paddling, ripples. Nice water effect dad!
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Paul Mc's blog: April 2011
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Monday, April 25, 2011. More relevant to this blog, I found the time to do some watercolour sketching as well. It was fantastic being able to paint in such wonderful light. It really makes easier to be braver with the palette when everything is glowing. I think I learned quite a lot from the experience. There are a few more pics here if you feel the need more sicily sketches. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. More of My stuff. My ROUGHS and SKETCHES.
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Paul Mc's blog: Sicily sketches
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Monday, April 25, 2011. More relevant to this blog, I found the time to do some watercolour sketching as well. It was fantastic being able to paint in such wonderful light. It really makes easier to be braver with the palette when everything is glowing. I think I learned quite a lot from the experience. There are a few more pics here if you feel the need more sicily sketches. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. More of My stuff.
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Paul Mc's blog: February 2011
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Sunday, February 27, 2011. I fancied trying a more robust medium so. I got myself some oils. I'd used them once before, years ago got frustrated and never stuck with them. I know this is a horribly flawed image, I was just getting a feel for the paint again. To be honest it felt alright, I could do with being bolder and less faffy but it seemed managable. The biggest shock was realising just HOW LONG it takes for the blasted stuff to dry. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Paul Mc's blog: September 2011
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Saturday, September 10, 2011. 2011 has been good to me, I feel revitalised. I've been catching up on time mis-spent and searching out new ways of making stuff. I'd always been attracted to the elemental nature of blacksmithing; iron, fire and muscle. But how to begin? Well as it turned out, I work with the partner of Rebecca Clarke who is both a smith in her own right and the daughter of renowned metalworker Terrence Clark. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. More of My stuff.
