Pear Conference Pastel We used to use an

We used to use an old diesel generator for both electricity and to pump water from the well to a water tower above the ramshackle farmhouse

This tiny work started as a print from the earth monoprints of reeds

The extra treat whilst  was the scent

I used the dominant lines from my field sketches to layout on some Fabriano paper the landscape using gesso and a broad brush

Pear Conference Pastel We used to use anConference Pears placed on white paper and drawn with marker pens. I enjoyed the shapes of these lovely pears and placed them in a sort of dance I suppose. It is fun to build layers of colours with these particular pens, in doing so the softness of the shadows becomes more descriptive. I am told that this variety was developed in Britain by Thomas Francis Rivers at his nursery in a place called Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. There was a National