4950 painting Challenge Halfway Point!
Crenellations feature in the 25th of the Architecture paintings making the 4950 Paintings challenge
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Recognise this Shop Sign in Buckingham?
Here’s a familiar sign, if you know the street. but where is it? Somewhere in Buckingham, naturally. The 4950 paintings are all of features in Buckingham and surrounding villages. This one you can find on Google Maps I’ve tried not to make it too easy for you though, where’s the fun in that? The painting
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23 Pebble Alcove – Painting Stowe’s curious Temple
Gardens and you’ll come across a curious structure, a Temple with an alcove that’s all decorated with pebbles. I was going to play a guessing game again. You know where it is, but the title sort of gives it away, doesn’t it.
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Can a building be summed up by a Single Architectural feature? Plus the staircase answer.
Today’s architectural feature is a Bolt. The original image took me a while to find. I had my list of intended painting subjects and this one, Bolt, was particularly hard to find, which surprised me. Bolts are common place aren’t they? The trouble is, they tend to be on the inside and I wanted the
Where in Buckingham is this Spiral staircase hidden?
Wandering around Buckingham, most people don’t notice this spiral staircase. They’re not in a prominant location, but hidden around the back of a local landmark. Look carefully next time you walk around Buckingham and you’ll see them. You have to look carefully to find the Spiral Steps inspiration for painting number 21 of the 4950
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Looking back in 12 Paintings – My best art of 2018
These are my choice for each month in 2018. Looking back on 2018 these are my choice of the best Art of 2018. Some of them will be familiar, others I’m sharing for the first time. It’s curious how I have some months where there are several to choose from. Yet others I struggle to
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4950 Painting Challenge is back! Number 20 Temple Columns
The 4950 Stowe Gardens
ainting Challenge continues with a painting of Columns on a Temple at Stowe Gardens.
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Meditating on Admiralty Arch Painting
At the top of the Mall (or is it the bottom?) stands Admiralty Arch. Resplendent with the Royal Navy white ensign flags – all 8 of them. Historic British architecture at its best. Looking at the painting the features are clear but, on closer inspection, details begin to merge with one another. The arch itself
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