brickwork

#Brickwork, #architecture. Gable end of Well Street Centre, formerly Well Street School n Buckingham. Painted in watercolour and acrylic ink on watercolour paper

Painting Challenge – Deciding what to do when there’s too much choice.

Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. I’ve struggled with the 4950 Painting Challenge. Some weeks, it’s been to find a single example of my painting subject. This week I’ve had the opposite problem… Too much choice. This week’s challenge #15 was a Gable End. but instead I ask. Have you tried looking for Gable Ends? Those

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Painting of a house detail with window, brickwork and Pattress plate

When is a brace not a brace? Unexpected problems of a painting challenge.

Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. When you commence a Painting challenge, you know things may get tough. So, I thought it would be helpful to write a list of architectural features so that I would have something to inspire me. It kinda fell flat this week.. Why? Because the term is Brace and it’s

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Painting of the Twisted chimney, a brick chimney on the church Street Manor House in Buckingham Twisted Chimney - ©2018-Cathy-Read - 6 of 4950 Series - Watercolour-and-Acrylic-17.8x17.8cm - SOLD

49 50 Challenge #6 Twisted Chimney – architectural feature or band name?

Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. Twisted Chimney? Sounds like a band name to me. Number 6 of the 49/50 Challenge or The Twisted Chimney as I’m calling it, follows on from my crooked comment last week. This time it’s a crooked chimney, ok maybe not crooked, but certainly twisted. The point being it’s not

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