Primroses

Watercolour sketch of primroses done in one hour at Monday Painters

Belfast, St Ann's Cathedral, Church of Ireland

Sketch of St Ann's Cathedral, Belfast

St George's Market, Belfast

Sketch of St George's Market, Belfast

Belmont Presbyterian Church

Sketch of Belmont Presbyterian Church

Belfast City centre

Centre of Belfast painted from the first floor of Mac Donalds.  Done over a large cup of coffee that tasted like dish water!!

Northern Ireland - Gleno

One hour sketch done sitting in my car in the rain.   Must be Northern Ireland!!

Barcelona - Placa de Catalunya

Placa de Catalunya - two of the pigeons I feed at home came on holiday with me.  Here their are having a drink of water.

Barcelona - flower stall on la Rambla

Barcelona - one of many flower stalls on la Rambla.

Barcelona - la Rambla, drinking fountain

Barcelona - drinking fountain on la Rambla

Barcelona - City Gardens

City gardens

Barcelona - la Seu

Cloister at la Seu

Barcelona - C. del Busber

. del Busber leading off Placa de Santa Jaume.   Drew this standing in the middle of the square with taxis zooming round me!

Barcelona - Cannon on Montjuic

Cannon at fortress on Montjuic

Barcelona - Fortress on Montjuic

Draw bridge of Fortress at Montjuic.

Barcelona - View from Montjuic

Cannon at fortress on Montjuic

Barcelona - lower end of la Rambla

Barcelona - bottom end of la Rambla, looking sea-ward.

Barcelona - Placa Reial

Sketched this while having a seafood salad  for lunch.

Barcelona - Bilbao Berria

Photograph of a sketch I did in this tapas bar.   The owner liked it so much I gave it to him.

To say "Thank you" he gave me my meal on the house!

Barcelona - chocolate shop

This shop makes merenga de cafe to die for!

Barcelona - Park Guell

Barcelona - Park Guell, Gaudi design

Barcelona - la Sagrada Familia

Barcelona - la Sagrada Familia - Gaudi design

Barcelona - Naval Museum

Entrance to Naval Museum - Three rather large Spanish ladies sitting there talking nineteen to the dozen.

Barcelona - sailing ship

Sailing ship

Barcelona - pintors del Pi

Art in the park - Pintors del Pi

Barcelona - Placa de George Orwell

Vegetarian restaurant.  Sat at table outside and painted this.

Barcelona - cloister near museum

Cloister near Frederic Mare Museum.

Barcelona - Frederic Mare Museum

Had lunch in the square outsde Frederic Mare Museum.

Village foundry, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Pen and wash.    Village foundry

Newtownards Model School

Pen and wash of Newtownards Model School

Antrim Yatch Club, Whitehead

ANTRIM YATCH CLUB, WHITEHEAD.

Use your imagination and get the two pages of my sketch book to overlap

Grand Opera House, Belfast

Sketch of Grand Opera House, Belfast.

Coffee shop at Greyabbey

Quick sketch of courtyard where we had coffee at Greyabbey

Strangford Lough from Greyabbey

Quick sketch of Strangford Lough from Greyabbey

Clandeboye Lodge

Clandeboye Lodge sketched in rain from car with the windscreen wiper working so I could see! 

Continental market at Carrickfergus Castle

Continental market at Carrickfergus Castle

Fairy village

Fairy village

Fairy blowing bubbles

Fairy blowing bubbles

Pixie painting ladybirds

Pixie painting ladybirds

Graveyard at Movilla Abbey ruins.

Quick sketch in graveyard of Movilla Abbey ruins

Sketch of Harland and Wolf Pump house in Belfast docks.   Between my vantage point and pump house is the dry dock where the Titanic was built. 

Stormont Estate - Massey Avenue Gate

Rain spattered sketch of arch and stairs at Belfast Castle

Old Dundonald Mill

Pen and wash sketch of Old Dundonald Mill

fairy with butterflies

Unfinished watercolour sketch of Strangford Loch from Scrabo Tower.   Plein Air outing with some other artists.   Missing - Tree on right hand side, and details in foreground.

Tikal, Guatemala

Bantreay Srei, Cambodia

Pen and wash done from a photograph I took.

Sketch of Kilkeel Harbour, Northern Ireland

Fairy birthday poem

On Monday evening at Monday Painters we were asked to bring along a poem and illustrate it.    I used this birthday poem and did the two pictures in the last two posting.

A fairy spinning in the air
and
A fairy sitting on leaves.

Hope you enjoy!