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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a view drawn in chalk pastel of the Naze at Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, UK made today on my 70th birthday. 💖 #blueskyarts #sketching #drawing #art

A landscape view of the Naze (possibly means headland) at Walton-on-the-Naze on the Essex coast in England. I used chalk pastels and chalk pastel pencils on cartridge paper to describe the view.

The sky is shades of blue, the horizon is marked in deep purple and the foreground is patches of yellow, green and brown.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's my homage to the heatwaves of 2026 with a view of St Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney High Street appearing to be in a desert rather than east London. #blueskyart #acrylic #art #landscapes #openhouse

This is a small landscape painting in acrylic paint of St Dunstan and All Saints Church in Stepney High Street, London UK. The sky is mottled blue, the trees are green and the grass lawn in front of the church is parched, yellow and brown. There is a green tree in the mid ground obscuring part of the church casting a shadow to the left of the painting. The church's architecture is a combination of medieval and Victorian.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Here's the oil pastel sketch I made today on my first visit to Grosvenor Square since it's been refurbished. I'll be interested to visit again during another season to see how the plants are growing. #art #urbansketch #blueskyart #oilpastel

This is a double page spread oil pastel sketch in my current sketchbook. It is a view of the plants and trees in Grosvenor Square in London UK. This was my first visit since the square was refurbished.

The colours are mainly yellow and orange for the dried grass and fallen leaves. The foliage is a variety of greens and the trees are in grey, black, green and orange and the new hotel that replaced the old United States embassy is in the background.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is the view from my mother-in-law's garden that I began to draw, using coloured crayon, while we were visiting her. I completed it when I got home, which is 300 miles further south, with the help of a photo I took as an aide-memoire. #art #drawing #northumberland

This is a landscaped shaped drawing using coloured crayons of a view from my mother-in-law's patio garden. It shows her neighbour's garden and the backs of the houses in the background.

The view is dominated by the trunk of a large tree and it is surrounded by a grey dry stone wall, a small wooden shelter for sitting in, plant pots and a lot of foliage. The sky is largely blue with some grey clouds in it. The roofs of the houses are variegated greys, the trunk of the tree is shown in many colours with orange, yellow, reds and greys predominating. I finished it today: Sunday 9 August and it took 10 sessions to complete, some of them with the help of a photo I took to jog my memory.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I've just backed the Liberal Democrats' calls for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track. Support the campaign: www.libdems.org.uk/europe

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A New Deal with Europe

Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A ship's bell mounted on a pole on Southend Pier looking over the Thames Estuary UK.

Ship's bell mounted on a wooden pole at the top of Southend Pier. UK. The sky behind it is very blue.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This is a sketch made quickly this afternoon while sitting on a fallen tree trunk in Victoria Park in east London. I was interested in the rhythm of trees against the large area of grass and drawn in pencil on cartridge paper. #art #sketchbook #urbanart

A quick pencil sketch using an 8b pencil this afternoon while sitting on a fallen tree trunk in Victoria Park in east London. It shows a landscape of trees surrounded by swathes of grass.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I was flicking through an old sketchbook from 20-21 this morning and I found these portraits. A small group of us from the Hackney Wick Life Drawing group used to sit for each other online for 10 minutes at a time over the course of three months. It's amazing what you can produce quickly. #sketching

This is a quick 10 minutes portrait of Anna made in oil pastel on cartridge paper. A group of us from the Hackney Wick Life Drawing group used to meet online once a week for around three months and pose for everyone in the group.

Here's a 10 minute drawing of Dan in pen and ink on cartridge paper.

This is a pencil sketch of Jen made in 10 minutes. There is a splodge of black near her mouth that has bled through from another page.

Here is Lydia's portrait in watercolour on cheap cartridge paper. I've always been very fond of this portrait.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Quick sketch before the jazz started at Oxford House, Bethnal Green London this evening: 24.04.26. We do love our early evening jazz at the end of the month. #art #sketching #jazz

This is a black and white sketch of a drum set in the cafe at Oxford House in Bethnal Green in London, in the UK that I drew this evening in my small sketchbook. It's not very accurate but I like its wonky lines.

I drew it while we were waiting for four musicians to arrive and start playing jazz for around an hour while the largely older audience applaud and drink wine. It includes a sax player, a guy on keyboards, Rory on double bass and the drummer. They play on the last Friday most months and have been for the last five years. Long may they continue.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Lady eating lunch while waiting for the matinee dance performance of Body and Soul at Sadler's Wells theatre to start, drawn surreptitiously. #penandink #sketchbook #art

This is a black and white pen sketch drawn in secret this afternoon while waiting for the matinee dance performance of Body and Soul at Sadler's Wells theatre. It shows a woman with grey hair who is seated and eating a sandwich while minding her own business.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A couple in the cafe at the Mulryan Centre, home of the English National Ballet, at City Island near Canning Town, London UK. I was hoping to draw for longer but they got up and left. 23.03.26. #sketchbook #art #penandink

I was passing the time in the cafe at the headquarters of the English National Ballet at City Island in London UK last Monday and started drawing this couple sitting at a table near me in my small sketchbook. I was just thinking about developing the sketch when they got up and left so I finished the drawing using black because that was the main memory they left behind them.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I do love a well made wall. I took this photo on the way back from lunch at the Boatside Inn at Warden while walking back to Hexham, Northumberland yesterday where we are staying for a few days. The river Tyne is behind the wall and the railway embankment is in front. #northumberland #countrywalks

This is a photo of a wall made from a collection of large stones with trees behind it and a gravelly path in front of it. The stones are a variety of soft colours with ivy growing over the left hand side of the wall. There are green weeds growing on the path.

I took this photo when we were walking back from having enjoyed lunch at the Boatside Inn at Warden towards Hexham in Northumberland where we are spending a few days. The river Tyne is behind the wall and the railway embankment is in front of it.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Here are four paintings I have made over the years which I have reproduced as greetings cards. They can be bought from my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio. #art #greetingscards #paintings

This is a watercolour painting of a wall in an archeology site in Mexico which I drew on location and painted when I got home. I exaggerated the colours which are a combination of blues and pinks.

This is a reproduction of the image which I sell as a greetings card. The image has a white border around it and it is standing on a wall in our garden on a sunny day. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link for this is in my bio.

The original painting is acrylic on paper and is of a teepee in the garden supporting sweetpeas which are my favourite flowers partly because of their scent. The teepee is brown and the leaves are green. There is a wall in the background painted brown and there is an intense yellow painted over the entire thing.

This image has been reproduced as a greetings card and has a white border. It is photographed on a wall in our garden in bright sunshine. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link to this is in my bio.

The original painting was my view from my sitting room window when I used to live in Brixton in south London. It is a partial view of two Victorian houses with a gap between them with a view of a church spire in the distance. The architecture is typical of houses built in London in the mid 19th century. The painting is in acrylic on paper.

It has been reproduced as a greetings card with a white border around it. It is photographed on our garden wall in bright sunshine. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio.

The original painting was produced in a single session using acrylic on paper. It's called the 'weir by the bridge' and the location is by the river Wey in Tilford near Farnham.

It has been reproduced as a greetings card with a white border around the edge. It was photographed at the site I painted it and can be bought at my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This was my view from the window in Hawick in the Scottish Borders on 05/07/21. Watercolour and fine liner pen on cartridge paper. #art #sketchbook #watercolour

This is a landscape looking into green hills in the distance. There is foliage in the foreground with greens, blues and shades of reddish brown. There are splodges of mauve on the horizon and the sky is shades of blues with white and grey clouds. This was my view from our room at my in-laws home in Hawick in the Scottish Borders made on 05/07/21 in a small sketchbook.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A visit to Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve, London on 26/07/21. Watercolour and fine liner pen on cartridge paper in a small sketchbook. #art #watercolour #sketchbook

This is a sketch I made at Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve in London during Covid on 26/07/21. It was such a treat to be able to travel slightly further away from home than we'd been allowed to during lockdown.

This is a view of hedges surrounding the reservoir using mostly greens and browns with a blue sky above. In the background I have sketched in pen the outline of two tower blocks that are visible from the nature reserve.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A view of the river Tyne, Corbridge in Northumberland. 03/07/21. Watercolour on cartridge paper in a small sketchbook. #art #sketchbook #water

This is a sketch of the river Tyne as seen from Corbridge which is a small town in Northumberland close to Hadrian's Wall. The bottom half of the sketch is a watery reflection of the scene above and the colours are mostly a variety of greens with the odd splash of brown. I did this on 03/07/21.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We're enjoying a visit to Winchester in the UK to see Helios, the touring artwork by Luke Jerram, of the sun which is on display at the cathedral until the end of the month. #art #installation #helios

This is a view of Helios, which is orange and yellow and lit from inside, suspended over the nave of Winchester Cathedral with the ceiling above it and the floor below. It was made by Luke Jerram and is a 3d printed version of the sun at a scale of 1:200 million.

This is a closer view of Helios from below with the elaborate ceiling above. There are some of the arches behind it. Helios is cropped on the right hand side.

This is Helios seen through the roof screen that divides the nave from the choir and altar.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I made this sketch quickly while waiting for the train to Newcastle from Corbridge station at the end of November last year. It was cold and we had an hour to wait so concentrating on this took my mind off the weather. #sketchbook #watercolour

This is a square watercolour sketch of a building behind Corbridge train station. It depicts a modern building which could either be an office block or a small block of flats, I couldn't decide which it was. The colours are not true to life but gives an idea of its blocky appearance.

We were waiting for a train to Newcastle and had an hour to wait and concentrating on this view took my mind off the cold and the wind. I made this at the end of November last year.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Unlike the previous three sketches I worked in watercolour paint directly in the sketchbook which produced a more watery result. This was apt as it was a view of the Old Curling Ponds at Etterick on Boxing Day. #sketchbook #watercolour

This landscape watercolour sketch is the last in this series and unlike the others I painted directly in the book which created a more watery impression. This was apt as it depicts the Old Curling Ponds at Etterick and was our destination on Boxing Day.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Following the sketches from the previous day I made this one, on Christmas Day, of fence posts, barbed wire and a gate with a backdrop of fields in the distance near Wellagate Brae. #sketchbook #watercolour

We went out on Christmas Day and stopped near this view of fence posts, barbed wire and a gate set against a backdrop of fields receding into the distance.

I drew the sketch in pencil quickly and painted it using watercolour when we got home. The fields and small trees are mostly green with the fence posts in the foreground in browns.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Following the previous sketch at Monteviot I quickly sketched a tree stump that had been felled surrounded by rotting vegetation. #sketchbook #watercolour #freshair

This landscape sketch is a follow on from the previous one made at Monteviot and covers two pages of a sketchbook with a wire binding up the middle. I was concentrating on the stump of a tree that had been felled surrounded by rotting vegetation.

The tree stump is dark grey and the focal point of the left hand page with shades of green, grey and yellows for the vegetation covering the remaining space. I used watercolour when we got home as it was too cold to work outside for long.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Sketch made in Monteviot near Hawick in the Scottish borders during a Christmas visit. Drawn in pencil on cartridge paper and painted in watercolour when safely back indoors. #sketchbook #watercolour #freshair

This is a landscape sketch drawn in pencil on cartridge paper made when visiting Monteviot, a rural estate near Hawick in the Scottish borders, on a dog walk over the Christmas holidays. I worked it up in watercolour when we got back home.

The colours are blue and tones of brown and grey for the windswept sky and browns and greens for the trees and grass.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I am very pleased that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has lost his titles and privileges. I'm not so happy that he's going to continue living a life of luxury at Sandringham. I suggest he undertakes community service in Norfolk every week as payback to the British public. #royalty #community

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I enjoyed a walk in the rain around Victoria Park this afternoon and stopped for a moment to enjoy this view. #rainywalks #autumninlondon #londonparks

I enjoyed a walk in the rain this Sunday afternoon and stopped briefly to look at this landscape view of grey sky, trees in their autumn colours and the green grass.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

This is an acrylic painting on an eight x 10 inch canvas produced surprisingly quickly for me who usually plods along. 😄 It will be displayed in a white tray frame and shown in an exhibition called 'home is where the heart is.' #stilllife #acrylicpainting #lemons

This is an acrylic painting on a canvas eight x 10 inches in size. It shows three yellow lemons grouped together on a napkin the colour of red mixed with ocre which in turn is lying on a black slate. It will be displayed in a white tray frame and shown in an exhibition called 'home is where the heart is.'

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I quite like this work in progress as it is but I'd like to develop it. This first layer is acrylic on a 16" x 16" board but I plan to continue with water based oil paint. It is a view of Braishfield churchyard that I sketched during a wedding in 2023. #art #landscape #oilpainting

This is an initial draft for a landscape painting. I'm working on a 16 inch square artist's board that has a very fine surface which I am unused to using.

This first layer of paint was in acrylic but I am planning to continue with water based oil paint as I hope that will create a more complex image.

The colours are presently shades of green, grey and muddy yellow. This will probably change as it progresses.

It is based on a sketch I made at a wedding in 2023 of Braishfield churchyard. There are three tombstones and various trees.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 27/08/2025

I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released. youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8

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Boycotting Trump Banquet to Call for Gaza Action

I fear we could have a situation where Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest palaces, yet no one reminds him that he has the power to stop the horrifying…

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I'm out and about in Hackney Wick again. Funnily enough I've ended up in the same road as last week even though I wandered about looking for a different location. Same road, different view. #chalkpastel #urbanview #urbansketch

This is a chalk pastel sketch of a factory building in Hackney Wick, London that I have made on location. The colours are mainly reddish browns, grey and blue sky.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I visited Hackney Wick this morning and found a bench to sit on in Wallis Road. The area was wonderfully noisy with lorries arriving then leaving, trains rumbling along their tracks and people yelling at each other. I used Unison chalk pastels for this sketch. #chalkpastels #urbansketch #sketching

This is a photo of a landscape sketch in my sketchbook that I made this morning when I visited Hackney Wick, a district in east London UK. It is an abstract view of a road with lorries parked up, trees and bollards. The main colours are reds, blue, pink and greens.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A quick sketch of my view from Scarborough castle looking to the sea this afternoon. #englishcastles #watercoloursketch #landscape

We visited Scarborough Castle this afternoon and I had time to sketch the view in front of me looking towards the sea with the ruined castle behind me. The top third is dominated by the sky with a strip of sea beneath it. The bottom two thirds is dried grass in shades of green and yellow with a dried spindly plant with seed pods in dark brown and red in the foreground on the right hand side.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I was fascinated by this window at Beverley station yesterday as we were waiting for our train to Scarborough. #interestingimages

We were waiting for our train to Scarborough yesterday at Beverley station and this window, on the opposite platform, caught my eye. It looked to me as though it could just as easily have been in a church.

The colours are mainly reddish brown on the brickwork and the window panes are sort of see through with weeds growing up the outside of the building.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We're on a family visit to Northumberland this week and I've just completed this sketch sitting on a bench close to the river Tyne at CorbrIdge. Watercolour on cartridge paper with pencil accents. #northumberland #art #sketching

This is a photograph of a landscape shaped sketch of the view close to the river Tyne in Northumberland. The colours are mainly shades of green and yellow with some purple and pink flowers.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Mixed media piece inspired by looking up at the roof of the Yurt Cafe, Limehouse London from the inside. When you look through the top of the tent you can see the sky. Made around 2023. #abstractart #mixedmedia

This is a mixed media piece of artwork that was inspired by looking up at the top of the roof of the Yurt Café at Limehouse, London from the inside. You can see the sky through the opening of the tent and the perspex that covers the opening rattles when the wind blows.

The colours on the background are mainly blue and black and painted on handmade Indian paper and the tent is described using an embroidery hoop with string woven through it to create a geometric pattern. I believe I made it in 2023.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Here's a view from Rainham Marshes looking over the river Thames towards Erith. I painted most of this yesterday working outdoors in the garden. It's acrylic on a recycled canvas. #art #acrylic #landscape #riverthames

This is a portrait shaped landscape of the river Thames looking from Rainham Marshes over towards Erith on the south bank of the river. It's acrylic on recycled canvas and the colours are mainly shades of blue, white, yellow and ochre. I painted most of it in one session outside in the garden shaded by our parasol.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Finding solitude at Lands End in Cornwall. You'd think that was easy considering the next stop is America over the Atlantic Ocean but the peace and quiet was rather disturbed by all the tourists. Watercolour in a sketchbook made of cartridge paper. #art #sketching #landscape

This is a landscape I painted while visiting Lands End in Cornwall at the weekend. It is a view of the sky and sea interrupted by a range of rocks. The sky and sea are in shades of blue and the rocks are brown. It is painted using watercolour on cartridge paper.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We visited St Michael's Mount today. It's near Penzance in Cornwall and has been on my bucket list for many years. It rained all day while, back home, in London they've been sweltering in the heat. #nationaltrust #rainyholidayinengland

This is a landscape shaped photo of St Michael's Mount near Penzance in Cornwall. We visited today and it rained all day as seaside holidays in the UK should, leaving you cold and wet.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I drew this when we visited the pyramids at Teotihuacan in Mexico back in 2003 and I painted it in watercolour when we got home. I was recently reminded of our visit there when we paid a visit to an exhibition at The National Gallery of Jose Maria Velasco 'A view of Mexico'. #art #mexico #travel

This is a portrait shaped watercolour painting of a wall that has been discovered at the site of the pyramids in Teotihuacan which is part of an ancient Mesoamerican city. It depicts geometric patterns, an eagle's head and feathery shapes.

I drew it in situ when we visited it in 2003 and painted it in watercolour when we got back home. I used shades of blue and pink but as far as I can remember the actual wall just looked like raw plaster.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Sweetpea teepee: original acrylic on paper, available as a greetings card in my Ko-fi shop (link in bio). #art #acrylicpainting

This is a portrait shaped acrylic painting of a teepee of sweetpea flowers. The background is yellow and the teepee is a shadowy shape in front of a wall. One of my friends described it as spiritually uplifting.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I've just finished this exploratory painting inspired by our recent visit to Purfleet in Essex. This view is looking over the river Thames towards Erith. It's the biggest piece of work I've ever made at roughly 1 metre x 72 cm. #art #acrylic #landscape #sketch

This is a large black and white sketch in acrylic paint on paper of a scene in Purfleet, Essex UK. The viewer is looking from Rainham Marshes over the river Thames towards Erith, a town on the south bank. It is an exploratory study for a painting that will eventually be on display in the hall of our house. The top third is the sky, the middle third is the water and in the foreground are all reeds and undergrowth. It is the largest piece I've ever made at roughly 1 metre x 72cm.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This is a painting of water rushing towards the weir on the river Wey in Tilford near Farnham UK. Acrylic on paper and one of my personal favourites. #art #acrylic #landscape

This is a landscape acrylic painting on paper of water rushing towards the weir on the river Wey in Tilford near Farnham, UK. The main colours are shades of green interspersed with yellow.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Last week we enjoyed a visit to Purfleet in Essex to spend time looking at the river Thames. It was hypnotic gazing at the opposite bank from Rainham Marshes. This is a charcoal sketch in a handmade sketch book. #art #charcoal #naturereserve

This is a charcoal sketch of a landscape looking from Rainham Marshes in Essex to the southern bank of the river Thames. The foreground is full of reeds with the water behind it and the southern bank and sky in the background.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I have visited Australia once and that was back in 2018. We visited Fitzroy Falls in NSW and this is my depiction of it that I made from memory when we returned to the UK. It's acrylic on paper. #art #australia #acrylic

I visited Australia in 2018 for the first, and possibly, only time to see the country of my mother's birth. My cousin Brian drove us around NSW and one of the places that made a big impression on me was Fitzroy Falls in the Southern Highlands. This is an acrylic landscape painting on paper made in a portrait shape and featured on the front of a calendar I produced for 2019. The main colours are bright blue, green, yellow, red and brown.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

This is from my drawing project '805 steps along the Hertford Union Canal' that I made in 2015. It's a view from the towpath looking at the canal drawn using Indian ink and found objects that I picked up along the way including twigs and a feather. #art #urbansketching #penandink #blackandwhite

This is a landscape shaped black and white sketch using Indian ink of the towpath on the Hertford Union Canal. I sat on a bench to the side of the path and drew what was in front of me. This included the gravel path with some grass and trees running from the top left hand corner and finishing near the bottom right hand side with the canal in the background. I used found objects to make the drawing that I picked up along the way including twigs and a feather.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

View from the church of the Transfiguration, Pyecombe a village in West Sussex, England. I developed this acrylic painting on paper from a pencil sketch I made while walking through the South Downs National Park many years ago. #art #landscapes #acrylic

This is a square acrylic painting on paper developed from a sketch I made of the view from the church of the Transfiguration in Pyecombe, a village in West Sussex while exploring the South Downs National Park many years ago. The dominant colours are blue and green.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

This piece is titled 'Reeds and wind' and was made using Indian ink as part of my drawing project '805 steps along the Hertford Union canal' which I undertook in 2015. It is available as a greetings card on Ko-fi, link in bio. #art #blackandwhite #urbansketching #london

This is a landscape of reeds blowing in the wind that were growing along the towpath of the Hertford Union canal' in east London. It is black and white and I used Indian ink to make this sketch. This is part of my drawing series: '805 steps along the Hertford Union canal' that I undertook in 2015.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Quick sketch of a young woman concentrating on her tablet in the cafe at the Mulyran Centre for Dance, home of the English National Ballet. #sketching #pencilsketch #homemadebook

This is a pencil sketch made today (12.05.25) in the cafe at the Mulyran Centre for dance, the home of the English National Ballet in my small home-made sketchbook.

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