Down in Devon for a week's watercolour course with Robin. Left at 5 am and this photo was taken at 6.04 just as I got on the M5 then an hour later still not far on. Got in at 9.15.
There are 12 of us, 6 men and 6 women with all but 2 coming from Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire or local which is most unusual and has made for a very friendly group. We have friends in common, or places we know.
This lovely hydrangea has few flowers but vibrant bracts.
Scenes of the Otter valley. Not much water.
Then went to investigate Beer a little seaside town to the east near Axmouth where I was staying with Elizabeth my cousin.
Here the cliffs are white whereas in Sidmouth they are red. This is a fishing village but narrow high hedged road to get to it.
Then got sent this from Coln - vandalism in the playground.
Tomorrow we move to oils.
They views all look pretty similar.
And coming home.
White vans as far as you could see. But this time the sky is blue.
Some pictures as I struggle to achieve some sort of decent picture. Translucency is the name of the game this time based on Cezanne.
We then moved on to larger sheets of paper.
More scenes.
Netanyahu now intends to occupy whole of Gaza though he says he does not want to govern it. Well of course he doesn't he wants to settle Israelis there. It's all monstrous and the situation in Ukraine is similarly either at an impasse or at crisis point.
Came home to find 100 little ducks hidden around the house to keep me busy while they are all in France.