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To do with lockdown here Willy ,, we’re only allowed out for one hours very local excersise now , anything else is taken care of by the local brigade who have little else to do anyway

Started painting this one last week plein air as it’s just round the corner from our home in Frinton thinking I could get away with it as it’s a huge area and very few pedestrians as you can see it’s...

Another bit strange view I have been tasked with painting is this one just round the corner from where we live , not an easy scene to paint but I’m going to try and make something of it .

Just for...

Strange little commission given over Xmas , to paint this family bench here in Frinton , the first one you see in the painting , I was just told to paint the bench from any angle I wanted so I came...

Happy new year everyone ,, the last two paintings above sold New Year’s Eve and the other on New Year’s Day plus I’ve just been given four commissions to do at my leisure .

This is fantastic news...

Xmas Eve here in Frinton on our lovely shimmering sands

oil on primed MDF

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Route down the slipway to the beach at Walton on Naze painted today

a lovely xmas day is predicted here at the moment with 15 degs , if it is I will be down here again xmas morning painting it...

Thankyou all for your comments , glad your enjoying them still

There is an old building near us in Kirby le Soken that has access to the backwaters , it used to be an old pub and was rumoured to...

A commission picked up yesterday by the happy owner of this end beach hut at Frinton , was challenging with those angles


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A little one of a local scene oil on a bit of plywood

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Now for something completely different , you wouldn’t want to buy a second hand car from this dodgy looking bastard !

Never ever have I tried a portrait nevermind a self portrait , I can safely...

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The weather has turned very cold here now so it’s practice time indoors for me at the mo .

so painting live outside among other things requires speed so I set myself little painting challenges...

To be fair to him , I’ve just found out during lockdown one people were going over there lighting bbq’s on his land and leaving loads of empty beers tins and all manner of crap also people were...

Funny situation here in the Uk now in what’s known as lockdown 2

very different to the first one with everyone having an exemption excuse in their pocket

thought I would try my luck at a bit...

Been some fantastic brightly lit but rough seas rolling in here on the east coast last week oil on board

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£80 ,, including a double mount and a very expensive frame

Back in the gardens in Frinton this Wednesday , the day before lockdown 2

Oil on oil paper , sold off the easel to a passer by which was nice

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Pulled the caps off the old water colours after 10 years today ,, to have a bash at this old oak in Frinton

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Painting again down at a very cold local boatyard today , but very enjoyable day anyway

oil on canvas today , bit of a treat to paint on for a change ��

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Bit of an autumnal scene in the woods oil on board MDF

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We are having some rather spectacular storm clouds over us lately with some all or nothing cloudbursts

A good place to see these is over the Hamford backwaters just to the north of where we live ...

A little painting I did standing up on the greensward above the beach here in Frinton , a young lady in her late teens exclaimed that’s our beach hut ! The big blue one sideways on ,, she said she...

It’s been very windy here lately which presents huge challenges when painting outdoors as I love to do , luckily my car is from a van derivative so is an ideal blocking tool to shield behind ....

A little impressionistic oil sketch on oil paper of cattle at Clare in Suffolk by the Stour , for a much larger painting later on

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Painting out this afternoon near the backwaters near Harwich

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Took the wife to a thai temple near to Wellingborough a couple of weeks ago for a celebration with about 50 of her mates ,, I wasn’t interested in any of that old mambo jumbo and unlike all the other...

Been busy painting commissions lately , but just started getting out again in the lovely weather we are having in the Uk

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All comments are good , no worries ,, the horse painting was completed from start to finish in just an hour and a half , and finished all in one go . Yes indeed the observation by Nervana about the...

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Cafe life in my home town Frinton last Sunday

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The local boatyard oil on board

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Heybridge Basin Saturday oil on board

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Tell her well done and thanks for contributing , I allways appreciate anyone’s efforts on here

Thanks mostly word of mouth and by people bringing me very specific event pictures in their lives .

most of the markets around us are populated with our eastern bloc friends whose offers rarely...

Thanks Noodles ,, I am lucky to be in the very comfortable position of being a man of leisure now , so no stress or time schedule , just plenty of time to peruse my hobby of many years

Very nice work KD , I’m a little confused , is that your drawing of your wife or her drawing?

Thankyou for your interest , I mostly paint small ish landscapes of my local area Constable country Dedham Flatford area and have lots of nice pieces there quite inexpensive and I’m happy to post...

I was recently contacted by a rather flush , money’s not a problem , local couple to paint a rather large 4 foot by 2 foot 6” commission for them .
slightly odd and difficult challenge , as their...

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Indeed I do Loopy , do you have a ref photo ?

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Some little Constable esq landscapes

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Yeah Ive been doing that but it doesn’t seem to work , difficult on my iPad with my big hands and fingers ,, thanks for the tip , I did remember from last time you mentioned , cheers