Tag: midlands

• January blues

  

  This week the weather steadied – snow bedded deep and days were cold. The whiteness is wearing and we’re all tired. I ventured out  to meet my friend Sheila who was painting nearby, but mostly continued work in the garden. Along with my usual pen and watercolour, I changed to oil paint on board for […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  25/01/2013

  birds, gardens, Life, weather, wildlife

  art, arts, bird, cold, diary, domestic, drawing, drawing fast, drawings gallery, feeding, fieldfare, fog, frost, fun, garden, hedgerow, illustration, ink, laundry, light, look, love, maxine dodd, maxine dodd – artist, midlands, mist, nature, observe, oil, oil paint, outdoors, pen, reportage, season, shade, sketch, sketchbook, snow, travel, trees, vacation, washing, watch, watercolour, weather, winter

• Winter white?

  

  Following on from last week, the winter has begun to bite deep into the countryside. We’ve had days of hard frosts and now today, the snow is falling. It was too cold to hang the washing out, so instead, I festooned our garden trees with food for the birds. Colour arrived in the form of […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  18/01/2013

  Life, weather, wildlife

  art, arts, bird, cold, diary, domestic, drawing, drawing fast, drawings gallery, feeding, fieldfare, fog, frost, fun, garden, illustration, ink, laundry, light, look, love, maxine dodd, maxine dodd – artist, midlands, mist, nature, observe, outdoors, pen, reportage, shade, sketch, sketchbook, snow, travel, trees, vacation, washing, watch, watercolour, weather

• Beautiful, cold January

  

  Winter has arrived in middle England – it’s been cold and foggy, with the exception of one day when the sun came out. I hung washing on the line and couldn’t resist setting up outside to draw. It was wonderful to be outside in the fresh air. The rest of the week has been cold […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  11/01/2013

  gardens, Life, weather

  art, arts, cold, diary, domestic, drawing, drawing fast, drawings gallery, fog, frost, fun, garden, illustration, ink, laundry, light, look, love, maxine dodd, maxine dodd – artist, midlands, mist, nature, outdoors, pen, reportage, shade, sketch, sketchbook, travel, trees, vacation, washing, watercolour, weather