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© JANE MINTER
"secateurs"
"forbici"
32 x 41cm 
pruning sheers painted from life - 2010

I've been blogging for 3 years this month .... I'd just like to say a big thanks to all my fellow bloggers who follow my blog and take the time to leave comments .

A special word of thanks to the following bloggers for mentioning my blog in recent blog posts :

Many thanks to artist and writer  Katherine Tyrrell MAKING A MARK  for kindly mentioning  my blog on her post yesterday "WHO'S MADE A MARK THIS WEEK " . Katherine writes  a number of very informative and  interesting blogs which you can find links to on her blogspot  http://makingamark.blogspot.it/


The other week  French arist  Anne Le Maitre Blue de Prusse  who illustrates and writes the most beautiful travel logs showcased my blog . Please look at  her delightful  blog http://alm-bleudeprusse.blogspot.it/where you can find all her publications.   I love how Anne captured the Spire -Benigne on the cover of Djon carnet d'artiste . ...thankyou once again Anne  .

© Anne Le Maitre

"Dijon canet d'artiste"

Travel log

And Lastly :

I'd also like to thank artist Bix Nash who runs the watercolour challenges on www.idrawandpaint.com for mentioning my blog as a reference for the recent challenge for experimenting with textures .  Bix is currently  running an autumn watercolour challenge for this month .

Bix Nash  runs painting holidays in France you can find her facebook page France Painting Holiday otherwise  www.francepaintingholiday.com

   

Spaghetti

© JANE MINTER

"spaghetti"

watercolour study 

56 x76cm 

Fabriano Artistico
...box of spaghetti painted from life 

dry dock ii

© JANE MINTER

"red + yellow + blue" 

waterline ii

dry dock inspiration ii 

watercolour wash

32 x 41 cm 

.....so much work is involved in maintaining and painting boats .Many of the weathered boat hulls in the dry docks are similar to works of art in progress.

dry dock

© JANE MINTER

"red + blue" 

waterline i

dry dock inspiration

watercolour wash

32 x 41 cm 

....inspired by boats in  dry dock  I 've started to work on an idea for  a series of paintings based on photos I have taken whilst wallking around  a boatyard.

pomegranates - melagrane

© JANE MINTER

"melagrane"

"pomegranates"

watercolour
25 x 35cm 

still life painted from life no pencil

discarded

© JANE MINTER

"discarded"

 found  empty shotgun catridge - birdshot catridge 
watercolour sketch 
still life