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This is a pudding I made for friends back in November. It started off as a bramble fool in a shot glass and by the evening had mutated into Bramble Eton Mess and I think Jane, Robert and I had more fun preparing it than eating it. I thought it tasted good though! Yes, a bit of a quick sketch and I wish I’d spent a bit more time on it, but there you go.
I had got so so far behind. Anyway this is plaited tyres. My art teacher suggested that I do them in lots of bright colours but I went for the muted effect. However, I might try the psychedelic option as well.
I cannot believe the great size of some of the creatures in the sea. This is a whale shark, they can be 12m long and they only eat plankton.
This is my first attempt, hope to improve in time, it’s a steep learning curve. Any suggestions for which topic it should be in, preferably not the bin? 
Boats of various (shape and) size – moored by Kingston Bridge. I did the drawing on the spot but came home to finish it. I really sweated over the perspective of the arches, particularly, and then was too exhausted to do much with the rest! I also used a pen as I found it too complicated to just paint.
I’m almost sure this was ‘almost midnight’, this is a recent full moon in the garden, the surroundings should probably have been darker, although it was actually really bright ( from memory).
This was a difficult subject. I did a colour sketch in the dark then redid it in the light. The use of dark colours was quite a challenge. My cat thought it was hard work as well. 
What I was trying to paint!
The invention of the wheel is what set me off on this. 
We have the remains of an old sandstone grinding wheel in our garden – once a great boon, now replaced by stainless steel knives etc., but I wish I still had a working version of the grinding wheel. I tried to use glazing technique again, but find it very slow. I especially struggle to get dark tones without mixing. John said this picture was ‘wierd’ because he couldn’t understand what the stripes were, so my attempt at strong shadows has clearly failed.
