by Patrick | Jun 27, 2014 | Travel
Well known luxury airline Ryanair flew me back into Luton from the northern Sardinian airport of Alghero. It is something of a typical British welcome when arriving back the first thing you hear on the station is ‘we are sorry for the delay due to technical...
by Patrick | Jun 24, 2014 | Environment, Lifestyle
At first it was just the intensity at dusk. It made the colours fluoresce, red-violet against green with an intensity that quite took my breath away. The next day I saw that although not the dominant plant in the hotels gardens it was the most dramatic in the way it...
by Patrick | Jun 15, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle
Going up to town from Seaford, where I live, is relatively easy, letting the train take the strain. There are only three direct trains a day though, and the last of these gets in to town at 10.00. As I often do now, I make my meetings mid-afternoon so I can pop into...
by Patrick | Jun 8, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle
Raindrops glistened in the grass after we had a thoroughly violent thunder and rain storm. I decided to draw outside with the oil pastel. The sun was hot enough to turn oil pastels soft and gooey – not a good choice of media to start with. I then compounded one error...
by Patrick | Jun 1, 2014 | art, drawing, Environment, pastels
Despite the sun it was a little chilly still (it was only the end of May after all) so I had the door to the studio closed. I was enjoying myself drawing away with Rodrigo’s ‘Concerto d’Aranjuez’ playing, when I heard this intemperate squawking. There on the post...
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