LyndseySmith

first sketches add a watercolour wash in my sketchbook draw it out bigger on watercolour paper clean up and remove all the pencil lines where to start...that sun reflecting off...

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working out what can be fitted into the sketch finished watercolour, includes a couple of characters to spot the finished watercolour currently hangs on the wall in the Depot cafe/bar ...

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On a sunny October afternoon I sketched the pub I took my sketch and extended it, needed to get Tower Bridge in! finished painting worked up from my sketches On a sunny October after...

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initial sketch all drawn out and ready to colour the finished painting I stumbled across Peggy Porschen cake shop on Instagram, so had to go and have a look myself. It is so pret...

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I sketched this pub in Feb 2017, but something wasn't working with it I drew it out again, but with a little bit less of the pub  first the blues and then the yellows, but that sunset...

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plans in the sketch book all drawn out and ready for colour I fancied a really strong colour scheme this time  Have a closer look at the jam session, in watercolour This pub on ...

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initial rough sketch to work out layout  the sketch looked a lot better with colour and now drawn out on a much larger scale the first colours go on a few extra details are ad...

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A rough sketch  ready to paint Here is the first plan, drawing and finished painting ready for this year's SASBAH Christmas card for Lewes, to be sold at Cards for Good Cause. The T...

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I planned the layout and the colours in my Seawhite sketch book all drawn out and ready to colour The finished painting This year I planned a painting of Chichester for a fund raisin...

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Initial sketch,trying a layout All drawn out and the first paint goes on Lots of people to draw finished painting, includes Nelson and a ship's figure head Portsmouth Historic Do...

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loosely sketched in my Seawhites sketch book scaled up and drawn out on a larger piece of Bockingford watercolour All done I grew up in Burgess Hill, in the seventies most Saturdays ...

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plans in my sketch book pencil drawing following my rough sketch nice and tidy with pen the snow comes alive with blue shadows all done! and dusted! (with glitter) Last y...

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loosely sketched, first washes, creates a lively painting the finished painting on thick paper with more attention to details Brighton means seagulls of course! This painting of Hisb...

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initial sketch of the cinema in my sketch book now all drawn out and ready to paint Finished! can you spot the film directors? The Duke of Yorks cinema in Brighton is an iconic build...

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sketched out plans  all drawn out and ready to paint all done There is an old cinema, The Orion,  in Burgess Hill which has bucked the trend and still shows films, but its future i...

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planning the painting, mustn't forget anyone the finished family portrait, just a few changes from the sketch A family portrait is such a personal gift, and this was one big family! I ha...

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LyndseySmith: Inifinity in the North Laine - steps to a painting... : initial sketch in A4 Seawhite sketch book drawing out on heavyweight Bockingford paper drawn out in pen, bigger and ready for...

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initial sketch in A4 Seawhite sketch book drawing out on heavyweight Bockingford paper drawn out in pen, bigger and ready for colour I usually start with the colours of the buildin...

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Before downsizing from the family home, a gift from the children and grandchildren to the parents was this family portrait to remember happy days getting together and playing in the garden....

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A commissioned Family Portrait recently finished in watercolour, to remember a wedding celebration at Anne of Cleves House in Lewes.

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first plans in sketch book drawing out on thick watercolour paper finished painting sunshine and sunflowers! detail Here is the development of a commission from last spring, to b...

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all planned out in pencil pick out the lines in pen when the watercolours go on it becomes less of a muddle of line all finished! close up on some of the characters Last ...

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I sat by the castle and sketched, it was late in the day and so peaceful my first sketch. I knew there would be more characters, just not sure how many at this point when I sketched it...

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initial rough sketch of the painting..notes to self all drawn out again on watercolour paper the first colours go on and the painting comes alive again finished! I was commission...

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first thoughts doodled in a sketchbook I took the elements from the first sketch and laid them out again Redrawn and painted in watercolour Here is a recent illustration to be used o...

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