Something Old

I hope this fits in the Something Old theme.  I've been looking through the vaults as it were, and came across a painting I did a while back.  Thought it would be nice to give it the light of day here on the blog....

A street where you live - Ann Hyde

We are surrounded by countryside....hence a country walk....

watercolour on bockingford paper

Landscapes - Ann Hyde

An Impressionist landscape, loose style.  Inspired by the scenery around Devon.

plus this one, also a loose style

Landscapes - Ann Hyde

'mist in the valley'

Landscape ~ Ann Hyde

A farm in Devon.  

Rolling hills and farms tucked into the valleys, that's a typical scene around here.

Landscapes - Ann Hyde

The Mill

Landscapes - Ann Hyde

Thought I would start you all off with the

new Theme

LANDSCAPES

for the Whole month of February

Anything Goes, Ann Hyde

Thanks Lynn, I have taken up your challenge to copy and paint your girl on the beach.  I didn't trace it, just copied the outline (more or less) and added watercolours....

Hope to see our other contributors

adding their version of Lynn's drawing.

Lynn's drawing is here - click this link

Wintry Day - Ann Hyde

This painting made me want to make hot soup and sit by the fire

Brrrrr!

You will probably have heard of 

The Three Bears

well here's 

The Three Polar Bears

Design for Christmas - Ann Hyde

Street Scenes, Ann Hyde

This scene was from a photo taken a while back in Newquay, Cornwall.  I thought it would make a good subject and decided to paint it in a new small sketchbook.   Being a cheap little sketchbook the paper isn't up to much, paint seems to soak and disappear into the page, but heyho for what it is worth I ended up with a painted Street Scene....

Boats - Ann Hyde

Although we look at the sea, we don't get that many boats passing by.

However, we do see a lot in the harbour -

(I've always wondered if people just own them, look at them, 

sit on them, but don't sail them, lol)

School Memories, Ann Hyde

(firstly, got to say I added this some place before, can't find where offhand, but it does fit this theme particularly today)

SUNDAY SCHOOL  (and it is Sunday today so fits yeah)

This little Tin Church (yes literally made from corregated tin - and it's still there to this day) anyway,  down the road from my families home when I was growing up - and yes, you guessed it, I had to attend Sunday School - Yuck I hated it, but never complained (I was such a goody goody) lol.   The thing is, it wasn't the hymn singing or the message being given  - whatever that was, I wasn't listening at the time, as Every Sunday I was TRANSFIXED by the two elderly sisters who ran the service, the Miss Light's.  One in particular played the organ, and I always seemed to be seated near her.  The thing is she wore BRIGHT RED nail varnish, but not just freshly painted on...well, it probably was, but it was applied LAYER UPON LAYER UPON LAYER...you get the idea.  PLUS, and this was obviously the sisters thing...she applied her MAKEUP in the same way, yes Layer upon Layer upon Layer!!!!......can you imagine as a child seeing these two every Sunday. 

Skies, Ann Hyde

Storm over Dartmoor

(acrylic on heavy watercolour paper)

Skies, Ann Hyde

Acrylic on Canvas (one from the vault, but thought it would be nice to give it an airing)

Skies, Ann Hyde

Acrylic on canvas...

  

Peaceful Places, Ann Hyde

On one of our recent trips away, I painted this scene by a river in Wales.

Such a peaceful time there, I felt it fitted well for this current Theme.

I want to ask a question everyone

Hi...Ann here.

I need to know if I should continue to add your paintings to the

FLICKR site

(SEEN IN THE SIDEBAR)

Thing is, I find myself busy these days and if nobody is enjoying seeing the Collective paintings there, then I will stop adding them.

(I will leave the Flickr site as is though).

Just let me know in the Comments here in this blog post (I might miss the comment elsewhere on the blog). 

I'm sure some of you look from time to time, 

but

if there isn't enough positive feedback then I'll stop adding paintings to it.

Thanks!    ann ♥

Home Interior, Ann Hyde

Here's a quick sketch for the Theme - Home Interior - sketched this last night whilst watching TV and our little visitor, Hamish, was relaxing on the sofa...I went for a rainbow of watercolours

Where I live, Ann Hyde

Watercolour on Langton Aquarelle 140lb paper

~ loose wet-into-wet contemporary style painting ~

"Sunset over the Village"