We have acquired another dog! Perry's Aunt Ann died suddenly and we have taken in her little dog called Muffin.  Another Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Muffin on the left, Henry on the right. He is 10 years old in a few days time.  Henry will be 3 just 5 days after that.

Weather has been absolutely frightful.  Very difficult to paint outside, although did manage to get to the Folly on Monday for our group painting.

There were little bursts of sun, but generally dry but dull.  Should be a challenge this Monday as rain is forcast and we are supposed to paint in Parkhurst Forest!

I've continued messing with gouache although with an incredibly limited pallet and seeing if I can do similar subjects with watercolour in my new sketch book which has rag paper.

This one is just watercolour on the rag paper. Will be impossible to use this paper outside as it just sucks up water and with the weather as it is, it would be a total disaster.

Comparison of gouache and watercolour.  With such an extreemly limited gouache pallet it is very difficult to get a range of colours - yes I know I can mix them, but the colours I've got are very intense.

Will carry on trying.