These fragments come from slowing down and noticing...

This time, a pause beside a garden gate, in the Burgundy countryside.

Original works on paper. Available via my online shop: amandatamsin.fr/collections/...

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I spoke at the beginning of the year about a daily practice... Attentive Fragments (ou Fragments d'Attention). These works completed in January are now available at amandatamsin.fr/collections/...

I'm thinking of resuming this practice in April.

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Just after finishing this piece, a family of five wild boar emerged from the bushes.

Attentive Fragment 29.01.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Gouache & Crayon

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Today's fragment was about surrendering to the elements.

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I had no water for today's fragment, so broke one of the carrots we'd brought for the nearby donkeys and applied some paint. Added a little water at home.

Large, old trees are uncommon here.

Watercolour, Gouache, Conte Carre & Crayon

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Attentive Fragment 24
25.01.26
Watercolour, Conte Carre and Raindrops.

Inspiration from the wayside.

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Attentive Fragment 23
24.1.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Conte Carre & Crayon

Late afternoon from the Terrace. Many thin tree trunks - one called out to be different.

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This one and his friend actually looked like they were sympathising when I searched for one of my Conté Carrés in the grass...

Attentive Fragment 20
21.01.26
Conté Carré & Watercolour

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Usually I don't choose to make colours that realistic, but I do want to recreate the freshness of the yellow here. Perhaps I'll remember my watercolours and paint these catkins tomorrow.

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Forgot my watercolours... Almost a #monochrome Monday one, as just had Conté carrés and a little gouache in ochre (plus a little in blue for the greyish tones).

Stopped by the bridge - looked at the shapes in a chapel wall.

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Stopped at a garden gate for today's attentive fragment...

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Attentive Fragment 12
12.01.26
Watercolour, Gouache, Crayon and River Water.

In and around the flow, inanimate objects seemed alive.

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Attentive Fragment 10
10.01.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Gouache & Conte Carre

Around sunset, mainly cloudy. Traces of the cold wind.

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I seem to be doing attentive fragments at dusk at the moment, then photographing in daylight the next day. Here's yesterday's one...

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Attentive Fragment 08
08.01.26
Bourgogne

Mesmerised by the quietly transforming water today...

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Part of Attentive Fragment 05
05.01.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Gouache & Conte Carre

Stopped by the roadside. The quiet world of the hedgerow...

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Attentive Fragment 03
03.01.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Gouache and Crayon

Watercolour turned to ice as I worked this morning.

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Attentive Fragment 02
02.01.26
Bourgogne
Watercolour, Gouache & Conte Carre

Cold morning.
Whispers.
Looking upwards in a side street...

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'Attentive Fragments' - Small, intuitive works made from moments of noticing and presence during my daily walks - light, objects, plants and fleeting moments held in memory. Not studies for larger paintings. Each fragment is complete in itself. 1/3
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