What do you do when it rains everyday.?

Thank you to all the bloggers new to me,who took time to visit me and leave such nice comments.

And especially to those of you who have become a follower. 

After I'd visited lots & lots of blogs

who had joined in the ''Grow Your Blog 2015 Party ''

hosted by Vicki-2bagsfull

I needed to do something else, so decided to get my paints out and do some sketches,

 Some that I can use for cards.

As you can imagine living in France I've taken lots of photographs

for future watercolour paintings.

 However it wasn't one of my own photos I chose.

I saw this on Dianne's blog

which I admired and asked her if she would mind if I painted it.

I hope you like my impression of the lovely view in Normandy, 

which Dianne captured with her camera.

If you love France and have never visited her blog

All Things French

take a look, it's full of wonderful photos taken in France
along with other charming photos. 

I used 15x10 cm. post card size 230 gr and ripped the edges off.
All paints are Winsor & Newton artists aquarelle.

Now from my Christmas visit to Denmark.

If you missed my post or need reminding take a look here

Our walk at the cold snowy harbour on the North west coast of Denmark.
Looking for pebbles with holes.

Used as a warning there's a step.

Where the fishing boats are  pulled out of the sea.



My first attempt of painting boats. -  I think I have a lot to learn.

Spending time re looking at it here, I can already see where I've gone wrong
I should have given more depth to the bottom of the boats
to show they were out of the water .
I also found it difficult to paint the snow on the sand .
So I'll put that down to a lesson learnt.

A happy reminder of our winter picnic.

 I've painted this in a different style in my Moleskin journal which is different paper.

Apologies for the bad photo. it's not showing the colours as they really are. 

  

The view from the vintage caravan in the woods.

which the family call ''The Shed''

This was painted on 100gr paper, which I'm not used to using,
but thought I'd try it for sticking onto cards.

One of the many summer houses near to the one we stayed in.

I think the golden yellow looks charming against the snow

 and the dark contrast of the pine trees.

I enjoyed painting this.-  I used 300gr. Arches cold pressed 100% cotton .

This was the summerhouse we stayed in.

Would you like a peep inside?

I'm hoping we can manage to get another trip in before our busy summer.

To my new followers, I hope you've enjoyed your visit
Thank you for taking the time to view the things I share.

à bientôt

Barbara Lilian