sketching a lavender field in france with artist Renee Walden

sketching a lavender field in france

16 September 2022

A happy me sketching lavender in France in July 2022

In July Harrison at Perigord Retreats filmed me painting their beautiful lavender field. So much fun to be painting outside in lovely morning light and have someone else be thinking about all the technical stuff. I'm even in front of the camera for once - rather unusual for me ;-)

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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