Stone wall Painting of stonework on the Roundhouse in Buckingham35 Stonework- Cathy Read - ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8 x 17.8cm

What would you chose for Stonewall, Painting? number 35 4950 series

Stonewall paintings tend to be inspired by distinctive stonework, look at churches and castles and you’ll see plenty of examples. So why this one? Stone walls are everywhere. Noticeable perhaps if you’re used to brick ones or areas where stone is seldon used. Choosing the subject for a stonewall painting, you expect something more distinguished

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Original sundial painting of the sundial in the walled gardens at Claydon House in Buckinghamshire34 Sundial - Cathy Read - ©2018 - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8 x 17.8cm

Where’s the location for this Sundial Painting? 34 of the 4950 Series

Time for another guessing game. This sundial commemorates a Silver wedding anniversary, but where is it? It’s not in Buckingham and you need to be out and about to see it. If you don’t know Buckingham, sadly, you can’t see it on google maps. The letters and dates may help. I’ll reveal the precise location

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32-Gate Bell -©2018-Cathy-Read-Watercolour-and-Acrylic-17.8x17.8cm

This Small Architecture Painting might ring a bell. Number 32 in the 4950 series.

The latest small architecture painting, in the 4950 series, you’ll either find charming or really annoying. Charming if you’ve been anywhere near Stowe Landscape Gardens with a child and love quirky architectural features, bells or even small pictures like this. Annoying if you’ve ever visited the gardens with a small (or not so small) child.

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Capital Detail - ©2018 - Cathy Read - Watercolour and Acrylic - 17.8x17.8cm painting of the top of a colums and decorative moulding

Painting Buckingham one Architectural Detail at a time. – 31 of the 4950 series

When things don’t go according to plan. Starting the 4950 Challenge , the vision of painting Buckingham was clearly mapped out. I compiled a list of architectural details and intended filling them in as I went along. By and large this has worked well. The restriction of using each building only once proved quite callenging.

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