Trust me to choose the Algarve for a holiday when Portugal and Spain have had the heaviest rainfall for 60 years.
#JulieOakleyDesign #DrawingFromLife #UrbanSketchers #USK #UrbanSketchersPortugal #Pen #Watercolour #Watercolor #PenAndWatercolour #PenAndWatercolor #Tavira

#JulieOakleyDesign #SouthbankPortraitSession #DrawingFromLife #Portraits #FestivalHall #Pen #Watercolour #Watercolor #PenAndWatercolour #PenAndWatercolor #15minutePortraits #Southbank #FifteenMinutePortraits

Did this one in ten minutes.
#JulieOakleyDesign #SouthbankPortraitSession #DrawingFromLife #Portraits #FestivalHall #Pen #PenAndWatercolour #PenAndWatercolor #10minutePortraits #Southbank #TenMinutePortraits

14 feet 6 inches, Longton. #pendrawing #penandwatercolor #penandwatercolour #railwaybridge #longton ##stokeontrent

An image with two paintings of the same church. The top half painting is a quick sketch of the church standing against a blue sky, with the light coming from the left. The roof is grey and the walls are brown. There are a couple of windows at the top of the tall building, on the light side, and windows at the bottom of smaller building. There is the suggestion of a wall in the foreground. The painting in the lower half is similar but painted using pen and watercolour.

I'm trying different papers and techniques using a simple image and a limited palette. I'm loving the results and learning a lot in the process, but I'm getting a bit obsessed 😬 #watercolour #penAndWatercolour #art #sketch

For me black Tuscany kale, Cavolo Nero, is about as drawing-friendly as I could wish for. Every line has a built-in wobble to match my default rather shaky pen.

#gardensketchbook #cavolonero #penandwatercolour

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#agrandtour #sketchbook Harecastle tunnels and canal lodge. Grade II listed, tunnel on the left opened in 1777, tunnel on the right and lodge 1827. Pen and watercolour.
#illustration #art #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #architecture #listedbuilding #stokeontrent #architectureart

Watercolour sketch of a 17th century house with a path leading to the front door, pillars, and hydrangeas in front.

A watercolour sketch of the house from the Tintinhull Gardens, with Hydrangeas in the foreground.

5x7" Moleskine sketchbook.

#moleskine #penandwash #penandwatercolour #tintinhullgardens #art #sketchbook #dailysketch

My sketch of Maris Peer first early potatoes is anthropomorphically compromised because almost every potato has inadvertently ended up with an expression on its face: cheeky, vacant, dim, confused . . .

#dailysketches #penandwatercolour #everydaysketchbook

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Explorer Thor Heyerdahl wrote that he used to worry about the deep ocean until he realised that the ocean wasn't there for him to sink into: it was there to keep him afloat.

#penandink #stillife #penandwatercolour

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New Zealand Flax, Phormium tenax, Premier Inn, North Chesterfield.

#sketchbooks #Phormium #penandwatercolour

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I feel that it’s a good time to go right back to basics with my drawing and writing after the slight uncertainty that I’ve felt over how far I should push it with my problem thumb.

#sketchbook #drawinghands #penandwatercolour

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Groundsel, lungwort, Spanish bluebell, fern and sail plant.

#gardensketchbook #houseplants #penandwatercolour

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Sketch of yellow Iris and tea house

New and efficient Hang Zhou railway station.

1. Yesterday's #urbansketch at the National Tea Museum gardens in Hang Zhou, briefly featuring two young people dressed in Western wedding outfits for a student movie. 2. Hang Zhou railway station departure lounge.
#penandwatercolour #blueskyart

Sketchbook pen tiny watercolour set.

Sketchbook people 400 year old building trees

Garden and old building

Today at Yu Gardens. The Wanhua Building. Ming dynasty. A reminder from a scribe,

"The flowers are fragrant, with flowing water and quiet mountains. With flowers blossoming, the day is clear and the wind is gentle..."

#urbansketching
#penandwatercolour
#art

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Burslem back streets. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Remains of a bottle oven, Longton. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #stokeontrent

Remains of Port Vale flour mill, Middleport. #illustration #art #sketch #architecture #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #listedbuilding #portvale #stokeontrent

© Loïs Low
Un chemin - encre & aquarelle sur papier // arbres fruitiers dans un champ
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#dessincontemporain
#artistenormandie
#penandwatercolouronpaper #penandwatercolour #artistecaen #caenart #peintrenormand #treedrawing

#agrandtour #sketchbook Victoria Hall, Hanley. Grade II listed, opened in 1888, extended in the mid 1990s. Pen and watercolour.
#illustration #art #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #architecture #listedbuilding #stokeontrent

#agrandtour #sketchbook The Overhouse Manufactory, Burslem. Business commenced in 1818, premises rebuilt in 1869, most recently home to Royal Stafford, closed 2025. Pen and watercolour.
#illustration #art #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing #architecture #listedbuilding #stokeontrent

This is the first of hopefully many little paintings, literally drawn with a pen as I went along with no prior planning, and printed on the back is a story fragment to go with it. #illustration #watercolour #watercolour #penandwatercolor #penandwatercolour

I took one look at this bizarrely shaped tree and knew I had to paint it. Owing to my deep love of mythology and fantasy I see not just a tree, but a faerie portal! #watercolor #watercolour #penandwatercolor #penandwatercolour #landscapepainting #fantasypainting #faerie #faerieportal

#agrandtour #sketchbook original Former Bethesda School, Hanley. Grade II listed, built in 1819, enlarged 1836. Pen and watercolour.
#illustration #art #northstaffordshire
#penandwatercolour #pendrawing