tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84008783108465592002023-11-16T06:39:28.061+00:00John Dryburgh and his PaintingsJohn Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-38534840055718254082014-08-03T11:57:00.004+01:002014-08-03T11:57:41.141+01:00I haven't posted much of late but <br />
I'm quite pleased with this small <br />
painting of a Golden Eagle.<br />
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John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-79762570877243242372013-11-25T09:15:00.004+00:002013-11-25T09:22:26.013+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cqW8_QmENcttRYOb5DgO8LhMY1SwrIpM3ENwdCx2BNubX4ZI8LhgdWTE3uTuiLiZkEWiNpc6ewSLzZSoCzzOedN5FJ6kGCJGBQvrGmN_2C9O25kJ7FvP_g-e_ZVSvZRsWKcMx61edhuP/s1600/Tawny+Owl+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cqW8_QmENcttRYOb5DgO8LhMY1SwrIpM3ENwdCx2BNubX4ZI8LhgdWTE3uTuiLiZkEWiNpc6ewSLzZSoCzzOedN5FJ6kGCJGBQvrGmN_2C9O25kJ7FvP_g-e_ZVSvZRsWKcMx61edhuP/s200/Tawny+Owl+-+Copy.jpg" width="148" /></a>Every morning, at the moment, just before daybreak we hear a pair of Tawny Owls calling to each other before they go to their roost. Unlike last year when they roosted just 30 yards from our window, when we saw them most mornings, they are now some 100 yards or so away and so far we haven't seen them at all.<br />John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-23588245873187469992013-10-28T08:42:00.002+00:002013-10-28T08:45:25.842+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRna99zwFWhe39X5JKdz0vqzyoosJua5_m2U2CCQHdf-XZorH_M2DG-LBZflXkCc7MzwlJz9XoeXv8D3GuQZEBDaqblCzZYKJotJV2V4d4WcoZ6Yl0qBHpcpZ1eSRgbCBs78_YnZ2SLSS2/s1600/old+harry.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRna99zwFWhe39X5JKdz0vqzyoosJua5_m2U2CCQHdf-XZorH_M2DG-LBZflXkCc7MzwlJz9XoeXv8D3GuQZEBDaqblCzZYKJotJV2V4d4WcoZ6Yl0qBHpcpZ1eSRgbCBs78_YnZ2SLSS2/s320/old+harry.JPG" width="320" /></a>This painting of Old Harry Rocks, my fourth and probably the last for a while, shows these cliffs from a different viewpoint, rather than looking along the cliffs it is almost looking down into the sea. As some friends have observed it gives an uneasy feeling of the height of these cliffs and also how dangerous the view from here can be.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-16181831963704132622013-10-09T19:37:00.001+01:002013-10-28T08:43:16.247+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting is the result of a workshop given by the well known marine artist Roy Lang. The group spent a busy 6 hours following his way of preparing his palette of around a dozen or so colours that he mixed from the nine tubes that he uses. He led us through his way of painting a seascape which we all tried to follow.It was a thoroughly enjoyable session and my painting is the result of a good 6 hours work.<br />
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<a href="http://www.roylangartist.com/">Roy Lang, Marine Artist.</a><br />
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John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-53358317955217466272013-07-10T13:12:00.001+01:002013-07-10T13:15:42.193+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7WXmbVuFFWAvwEGbcvIkZbcmrcx2peSmtpEO5Rx66EOI7GQy1d65JejV91rtduYEyMkvFIUhoVF14orpoh9IA7FJBYg1Tgl2MRhVfC0ODoviUEp2nlH6Jvkb-u7zWR-00oI1W2mk1Qgv/s1600/Near+Martin's+Haven.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7WXmbVuFFWAvwEGbcvIkZbcmrcx2peSmtpEO5Rx66EOI7GQy1d65JejV91rtduYEyMkvFIUhoVF14orpoh9IA7FJBYg1Tgl2MRhVfC0ODoviUEp2nlH6Jvkb-u7zWR-00oI1W2mk1Qgv/s200/Near+Martin's+Haven.JPG" width="200" /></a>It has been some time since my previous blog.I have been away on holiday to Pembroke and the painting on this blog is a result of a walk we did from Martin's Haven towards Marloes. It shows the island of Skomer on the horizon, we never got onto the island as the wind was too strong for the boats to sail. More's the pity as we haven't been to Skomer for some time and we really did want to see the Puffins.There was some consolation however, close to the spot in this painting we saw a Peregrine at the nest with a chick beside it.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-73933084336086621242013-05-17T18:58:00.002+01:002013-05-17T19:03:50.426+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYwRwM_s65m_arUVF3xmtXsiRqRjH7bTpN1-ZQG1WYUOPgwiYjVjIsH54X-HizHIYtYBgtjmGKniP0jp8-yoV9ryunz03bQLsXNefeH85IfFunsvC-wzUpH7KMQs8MoIt3BAcoUZVAcmx/s1600/kittiwake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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This painting of a Kittiwake was painted after a visit to the Farne Islands. It was possible to stand and view the birds from as close as 10 feet. Also close by were Cormorant and Puffins as well as the Terns who spent their time dive bombing anybody and everybody who got too close to their nests which of course was everybody because the nests were everywhere even on the paths upon which we were walking. Everybody was wearing hats of some sort as a bang from a Tern could be painful.<br />
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John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-15090787962425032522013-05-01T07:57:00.003+01:002013-05-01T07:59:34.442+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Za4WR9iGqAOjD5sOs7UkcydJ3wYEf1h3GpgbaixR-XhkzuP33dMmy02PrOvd811aprG8jVjX22t0LSysFPF01Dsf5mx-7cwq7nTjMk5NlGgWZ6XKpTbVt14Y4fdKR7Lb-WMrffpgIaFT/s1600/arts+trail+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Za4WR9iGqAOjD5sOs7UkcydJ3wYEf1h3GpgbaixR-XhkzuP33dMmy02PrOvd811aprG8jVjX22t0LSysFPF01Dsf5mx-7cwq7nTjMk5NlGgWZ6XKpTbVt14Y4fdKR7Lb-WMrffpgIaFT/s200/arts+trail+poster.jpg" width="138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPNCFUNuxOX1Up2jtQEDF0cR09xVExcyfSJGlOqCo7zJusFaf6nuQhh_ELEc7hce_G30xT3KUifYWz9uyWdb4Dx9eQXmB0fepSDJ3OXf-N6sZSM1VolkoW3x8aGlic3wALp2aCCOqfCr4/s1600/Harry+Rocks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPNCFUNuxOX1Up2jtQEDF0cR09xVExcyfSJGlOqCo7zJusFaf6nuQhh_ELEc7hce_G30xT3KUifYWz9uyWdb4Dx9eQXmB0fepSDJ3OXf-N6sZSM1VolkoW3x8aGlic3wALp2aCCOqfCr4/s200/Harry+Rocks.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another painting of Old Harry's Rocks, a view from sea level. This will be in the exhibition during the Old Bakery Arts Trail from friday 10th. till Sunday 12th May, at my house, venue 8 on the map.</span>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-52097897797658113242013-04-12T09:59:00.002+01:002013-04-12T10:08:21.912+01:00<u></u><br />
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</u>This picture of a Scottish Wild Cat is my latest painting for the Old Bakery Art trail in May. It's getting close now just 4 weeks today.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7fz9qyU3RQN5iXoo5o6H0MrTkj6nItZOO9OgyGB8RrKwTOQJSVOh23vhZWc-_0s00k48oPOnk8OUxs-gcM1oHqwTGkIvT8Cmd0h1Q1zXOBgMES2V0IBErCRYmw0fosSoRBikiAJh6NH3/s1600/Mistle+Thrush.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7fz9qyU3RQN5iXoo5o6H0MrTkj6nItZOO9OgyGB8RrKwTOQJSVOh23vhZWc-_0s00k48oPOnk8OUxs-gcM1oHqwTGkIvT8Cmd0h1Q1zXOBgMES2V0IBErCRYmw0fosSoRBikiAJh6NH3/s200/Mistle+Thrush.JPG" width="200" /></a>This picture of a Mistle Thrush is the final painting of the four Thrushes to be seen somewhere in the British Isles at some time of the year. The song thrush is the most common and is to be seen all year with the mistle thrush also seen all year but a much rarer sighting. The redwing and the fieldfare are only seen in the winter when they can be seen in large flocks migrating south from northern europe seeking food. They are often seen in gardens where they will soon strip a tree of all its berries. These four paintings will be on show at my house, venue 8, as part of the Old Bakery Arts Trail on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 10th.,11th. and 12th. of May.<br />John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-11526644109919355112013-03-05T17:04:00.002+00:002013-03-05T17:05:53.365+00:00<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been concentrating of late on the four paintings I am doing for the Old Bakery Art Trail.Three of the paintings of British Thrushes are complete and I have started a painting of a Mistle Thrush. I have broken off this work to do a bit more on this portrait of my father. I am painting from an old sepia tone photograph taken when he was in the army at the beginning of the war so I guess he was in his early thirties. At the moment the painting is in monochrome as I want to get it about right before I attempt to put on some colour.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-89348483324278048172013-02-18T14:08:00.000+00:002013-02-18T14:10:37.897+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two Redwings my third painting of the four Thrushes to be seen in Britain albeit only in the winter when these birds have to leave their summer homes in Scandinavia to find food in Britain and southern Europe. My painting shows them in an apple tree, a favourite fruit for them, where they will finish off any remaining apples on the tree and quickly move off to another tree. My next painting, the last of the four for this group will be a Mistle Thrush.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-31197778161221548042013-02-18T14:07:00.001+00:002013-02-18T14:07:47.572+00:00John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-83874228641803479962013-02-02T09:20:00.001+00:002013-02-02T09:23:19.814+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjDClN1-287hNMm-EaVlQGAc4nUezsHBfMpDQgJN6e4wyX9W-9Px-GISk6Q1fOfTfJm8O43naQeUsdKFhWElg7u_4rXwkxgQWw0MJokiaZnDz8vvUpTUeU8XVZmul9hmAnbSRJlhOykB2/s1600/Fieldfares+web.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjDClN1-287hNMm-EaVlQGAc4nUezsHBfMpDQgJN6e4wyX9W-9Px-GISk6Q1fOfTfJm8O43naQeUsdKFhWElg7u_4rXwkxgQWw0MJokiaZnDz8vvUpTUeU8XVZmul9hmAnbSRJlhOykB2/s200/Fieldfares+web.JPG" width="200" /></a>Things are now on the move for the O.B.A. Art trail which will take place on the weekend 10th. 11th. and 12th.of May. There will be about 10 venues in and around Radstock and Midsomer Norton showing paintings from about 20 of our artists.This painting of fieldfares is the second of the four thrushes seen in Great Britain. I hope to have the series finished well before the trail starts.<br />
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This is my first post for 2013 and it is going to be a busy year with the Old Bakery Art Trail in May.I have been a member of the O.B.A. for many years and I look forward to and enjoy this bi-annual event.The painting is of a Song Thrush amongst some beech leaves. I am hoping to complete four paintings of the four thrushes that we see in Britain. John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-13115490926526084542012-12-29T14:01:00.000+00:002012-12-29T14:01:13.753+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting of a small flock of gulls over a rough sea is the first painting that I have completed in some time. The late summer has been a busy period with the holidays and all the excitement of the Olympic Games. The other highlight was the winning of the Tour de France by Bradley Wiggins. So there has been a lot of T.V. to watch and not as much painting as I would have liked. </div>
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This is my latest painting from our recent trip to Bournemouth. We drove to Studland and walked up to Harry's Rocks the weather was bright and sunny but rather windy and not conducive to drawing, nevertheless quick sketches were made and some photographs taken. This is the first completed painting with another nearly done from this trip along the cliffs and there should be at least another one as well.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-30804368203675520982012-04-19T08:58:00.001+01:002012-04-19T21:24:04.806+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We went down to Bournemouth for the weekend and were lucky with the weather as it was a lovely sunny day on Sunday. We decided to go to Studland and walk along the cliffs to Old Harry's Rocks where I did a couple of quick sketches which I finished at home. Although it was nice and sunny it was quite cold in the wind so the drawings were completed rather quickly. I have a mind to work them up into a pair of paintings when I get home.</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">The portrait of Alexander Dryburgh is proving to be rather elusive so I am going to leave it for a while to consider how it is going. I might start a new painting from scratch.</span></div>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-71907869061656540362012-04-06T09:39:00.001+01:002012-04-11T13:52:10.942+01:00<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a sketch from an old photograph of Alexander Dryburgh. He was born in 1887 and died in 1916 during the infamous battle of Fromelles in the first World War. This battle was to be fought as a diversion to the battle of the Somme which was taking place elsewhere. During the battle over 5000 soldiers were killed, mostly Australians, and up until recently the resting place of several hundred of the dead was not known. Two years ago 8 burial pits containing 300 bodies that had been buried by the germans had been found and a lengthy process of identification began. At the end of this process a 100 of these bodies were identified, unfortunately they were not able to identify my uncle. We were able to attend the ceremony at the new cementery at Fromelles. This sketch and the old photograph will help me to paint a portrait of another of my ancestors.</span>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-5344816368529803132012-03-25T21:42:00.000+01:002012-03-25T21:57:29.135+01:00<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">his is a self-portrait painted by Lucian Freud and it is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London which I visited today. It is part of a display of 70 plus paintings spanning most of his life. I found the portraits the most interesting paintings and this one was a particular favourite as was the portrait of David Hockney and the man in the blue scarf. I was a less impressed by some of the later paintings which I found rather overpainted by lots of lumpy paint. All in all it was an interesting exhibition and well worth the visit. To finish off the visit to London we visited the National Gallery for a quick look at the "Impressionists"</span></span>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-51768555972977893882012-03-16T17:28:00.004+00:002012-03-17T16:41:35.856+00:00<div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a Rock Pipit which I painted after our trip to Durdle Door.There were several of these birds along the beach and my painting shows one of them on the cliff edge. As the cliff was chalk I thought that it would make an interesting picture on the greyish white background with the succulent growing in the cracks. At home the Tawny Owls are becoming a regular visitor at 06.00 every morning when they returns to roost in the large hedge of our neighbour's garden. For a week now both birds have returned to this roost and we often here them calling through the day. I doubt that they are going to nest here as there are no large trees available with suitable holes in them.</span>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-86245145856667717492012-03-07T10:15:00.001+00:002012-03-07T12:06:39.291+00:00<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Long Tailed Tits, favourite birds of mine, just merging with the dying leaves. The birds are getting busy in the garden now with the breeding season approaching, the blackbirds are very active. The Tawny Owls are very vocal at daybreak and from time to time one is to be seen in the tree at the back of our garden. On one occasion I looked out to see them both sitting together in the tree. Unfortunately the light is never bright enough to see them properly just enough for a grey shape against the sky, even with the binoculars. The highlight last week was a male sparrowhawk who flashed into the garden scattering all the birds from the feeders. He stayed for a couple of minutes or so, just enough time for us to get a good view with the "bins". A lifetime tick for me, We have had the larger female sparrowhawks in the garden but never a male. </span></span>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-31728061834185264462012-02-27T16:05:00.000+00:002012-02-27T16:22:06.926+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Y_1YvFmpSn86rioWtgc7F0mnYraO7RlIow-kgagwbaYmKhW8ab0zptx5RKQ7gXxtIticl7zPTfPeck_zo2KFcu5fatwJE0EYHBMk7aanv_X0skrEVoFHZHD4bgxftpdnEc3VXcA2lgTg/s1600/PA300002+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Y_1YvFmpSn86rioWtgc7F0mnYraO7RlIow-kgagwbaYmKhW8ab0zptx5RKQ7gXxtIticl7zPTfPeck_zo2KFcu5fatwJE0EYHBMk7aanv_X0skrEVoFHZHD4bgxftpdnEc3VXcA2lgTg/s200/PA300002+-+Copy.JPG" width="200" /></a>More work from our recent trip to Bournemouth. I had been thinking of a painting of Durdle Door , so we took the opportunity to drive to Lulworth Cove and later to Durdle Door. It's quite a hike to the cliff top from the car park and a tricky set of steps to get down to the beach. Well worth the effort although this painting is the view from the cliff top and not from the beach. Close up the chalk cliffs are grey and marbled with green succulents growing in the cracks. While on the beach and the rocks there was the occasional glimpse of a rock pipit. There must be a painting there! </div>John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400878310846559200.post-65896110354139619932012-02-22T07:11:00.001+00:002012-02-22T19:43:03.224+00:00<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have just been down to Bournemouth for a couple of days.The weather was good so we drove to Lulworth and Durdle Door. I wanted a look at the cliffs from the beach for a painting that I have in mind. It's a long trek down to the beach especially the steps at the end, but well worth it. As well as the cliffs I had good views of rock pipits on the beach and on the rocks. However the best birds were the rooks on the fence posts in the car park at the top. They were hunting for scraps left by picnickers, so a few drawings were the result. The french meeting was good this week we listened to a french pod-cast about the Tour de France and had quite a good chat about it.John Dryburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893477090561891812noreply@blogger.com0