02/06/2010 by Gina Wright.

Here is a painting I did today of my favourite beach on Islay. It was windy when I was there however very sunny and colourful.

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30/05/2010 by Gina Wright.

This is a plein air study I did on a walk at Jura House Gardens. The walk took you through bluebell woods to this view of the sea. There was a bench to enjoy the view and soak up the sun. I did this painting while sitting at the bench. The water was so clear and the colour so beautiful, very inviting. I didn’t go for a swim, however by the time we got down to the shore someone was swimming in the crystal clear water.

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10/05/2010 by Gina Wright.

Auchmithie is one of my favourite places to escape to and paint outdoors. It is especially appealing when there are lots of crashing waves. The sound is just amazing as the large pebbles crash together. On Saturday the waves were wonderful. This is one of my watercolour studies I did in situ.

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06/05/2010 by Gina Wright.

I took my pot of pansies from the garden into the studio. This allowed me to work away with the advantages of the light not changing much throughout the day. I put them on my window sill which is just at nice level for me to paint while standing at my easel. I worked in watercolour and finished off with using neocolour water soluable wax pastels.

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20/04/2010 by Gina Wright.

Yesterday I got my watercolours out and topped up my paint tray with fresh colours. I started the day doing colour mixing studies. It can be quite time consuming but once done can give some new combinations of colours to experiment with. I really enjoyed doing this figurative painting.

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06/04/2010 by Gina Wright.

Today Andrew and I are celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary. My present to Andrew is this portrait of him and our cat Xena, who has been with us now for 10 of those 20 years.

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17/03/2010 by Gina Wright.

This was the life study I did at last weeks life drawing class. I started with a light drawing in conte then washes of gouache and finally drawing again in conte and some pastels.

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17/06/2009 by Gina Wright.

This painting was done outside in the sun. The reason for the cup and saucer being a favourite is that it has a pattern of  a sleeping lizard on the saucer. Anyone drinking coffee from it gets a surprise.

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14/06/2009 by Gina Wright.

Today we were at the Tayside Classic Car Club show at Errol. A beautiful day with some threatening clouds. This orange VW campervan caught my eye and I just had to sketch and paint it. These vehicles always put a smile on my face as they are so cute and practical.

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11/06/2009 by Gina Wright.

I was looking out the window at the flowers in the garden and noticed how nice they were looking. I decided to get out my watercolours and do a painting. A family of Great Tits were being fed by the parents just in the tree behind me. I had to turn to watch them.

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