Thursday 11 April 2024

Wet in Wet - and then some


 Wet, Wet, Wet - this was February and March 2024 on the South East Coast of the Isle of Wight.  Worrying amount of rain given the cliff on which our house is perched is a mix of shale and mud, held together by trees such as these.  You can't help wondering just how much more climate change we're going to be able to stand.


Don't tell me the climate isn't changing, or "it's just weather" - I've been infesting this earth for 74 years come November, the climate is certainly changing, and governments aren't meeting the challenge.   Not a very cheering message, but then - it's time we ALL faced up to the facts.  


This watercolour is 12cm by 17cm, painted on Hahnemühle Rough Torchon - the technique is known as wet in wet, because it consists of wet washes being allowed to bleed into each other. 

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Misty Morning

 Watercolour - in a format which suits the Isle of Wight coast - I ought to make use of it more often!




And a small one: