Finally sunshine today.  Getting a bit miserable taking Bertie out in the rain.  Finished a watercolour (well almost), fourth version.  Will post next week.  Think next version need to be a bit brighter. 

Managed to sell a painting at the exhibition at Quarr.  Very pleased.  Not a fortune but it will buy another tube of paint!

Wednesday night will be giving the talk to the club on our attempted trip round Britain.  Update next week.

While I'm waiting for my watercolour paint to dry, thought I would update blog.  I finished the oil painting on the workshop I was attending.  It's ok, but not how I had planned.

Mill Walk, Yarmouth

I've entered three paintings at the next club exhibition at Quarr.  Two watercolours and one ink drawing. 

We are preparing our talk for the Royal Vic on our trip around Britain.  Don't think it will be a big audience, but it's been fun putting the stuff together.  Although I'm going to speak, Perry is nervous!

Poor little Beatrice has been very unwell again.  This time bronchitis.  Poor little mite, not fair that she's been so ill.  We hope to see them all very soon.

What a ghastly week weather wise!  I think it rained almost every day.  Managed to get a walk with Bertie at Osborne house but the other walks were a bit rushed.  Went to Cowes yesterday and bought some goat meat!  Cooked it up today and it was delicious.

Finished my oil painting of stormy weather - could have been better. 

Ive also been continuing my sketching.  Sometimes I get a bit desparate and Bertie gets drawn yet again, and I've also continues practicing my watercolour.  May even do something serioius tomorrow.

 Found the photos, but they were in the wrong file.  This is the little church in Bonchurch.  As most of the graves appear to have fallen in the sea with a landslide, they built another church in the Victorian period a bit futher inland.  Was really tricky getting to Bonchurch steep and twisty narrow roads.

mini waterfall aat the bottom of the hill in Bonchurch

finally the coast at Bonchurch

Ive done it asgain.  Lost the photos.  I will keep trying though!  Weather has been absolutely awful, and although I've been keeping up my sketch book, it has mainly been indoors.  Have been on another oil painting workshop, but not yet finished my latest masterpiece!  Also have been restarting work on watercolours, mainly doing washes.  Still it's a start. 

Better now go back and try and find out what happened to these photos.......