Friday Catch Up - 25th September 2026

21. Run, 22. Jerboa 

I actually managed a couple of watercolour sketches for Doodlewash Art Challenge and used their prompts. Also for Friday Face Off

24. Monolith

I also did this larger [A3 sketchbook] watercolour. I took a photo of the TV screen while I was watching a wildlife program. It came out blueish so I thought I would paint it that way.

 Photo Challenges

Monday Window, Thursday Doors, Pull up a Seat

More from Crook House

Flower of the Week

A sunflower in a friend's garden

That's all for today, see you next time.

Friday Catch up - 18th September 2026

I don't have any watercolour paintings this week, I was working on one today but it's not finished and not very good so far.

For Friday Face Off I have animals made from egg boxes. They were an experiment for an activity to do with the grandkids but they didn't seem interested. I got the idea from Pinterest.

Photo Challenges

Monday Window, Thursday Doors, Pull up a Seat

These were taken at Crook Hall and Gardens, Durham, UK earlier this year in April.

This is one of Durham City's most fascinating historic properties. What makes it particularly unusual is that the building is not one single period house, it has grown and changed over roughly 700–800 years, with medieval, Jacobean and Georgian parts joined together. There are interlinked gardens which include borders, secluded walled gardens, an orchard and a tranquil moat pool.

It’s said that there have been many famous visitors to Crook Hall including William Wordsworth, Walter Scott and John Ruskin. The National Trust acquired the property in 2022 after it shut for covid

And for my Flower of the Week I have some wild garlic

I hope you have a fun week coming up, bye for now.

 

Friday Catch Up - 11th September 2026

Watercolour and black fine liner

Friday Face Off / Doodlewash Art Challenge

Photo Challenges

Monday Window, Thursday Doors, Pull up a Seat

More from Beamish Museum

Flower of the Week

Calla Lily

I'm expecting visitors shortly so I cannot hang around. Enjoy your weekend.

 

Friday Catch Up - 4th September 2026

African Wild Dog, watercolour and fine liner for

Friday Face Off  and Doodlewash Art Challenge

Photography Challenges

Monday Window, Thursday Doors and Pull up a Seat

The final photos from the Adriatic Cruise

The first three were taken in Kotor, Montenegro and the rest were taken in Dubrovnik, Croatia

On the above photo I removed some people with AI but their shadows are still there and the man leaning against the door has a strange thing on the end of his foot. I decided after that not to use the photos with a lot of people in them.

Thursday TreeLove

I was away last week so this is a week late. It was taken in Scalby in May.

Flower of the Week - sunflowers

That's all for today. Hope you have a fun week!

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