Plein air painting 115 

Near to the Town Quay at Southampton (Hampshire) is St Johns Primary & Nursery School. One of the school buildings can be seen on the left. During this hot summers day blue sheets are erected in the school play ground for shade. The grass within the foreground is a part of the Town Quay Park.
On the right is the spire of St Michael's Church (grade I listed) , the foundations of which were laid in 1070, although the shire did not appear until the 15th century.
This painting was done on the 7th September 2023, in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5".

Plein air painting 54

Painted in very early September 2022 one Sunday morning, Mount Pleasant Junior School is the main subject in this street view, set in Northam, Southampton. The Victorian building is well maintained and has a pretty clock tower, recently refurbished. This painting is unusual for me in that it is painted in portrait format (still on board sized at 12" x 9.5") in oils. Painting this way is a little difficult using the equipment I have so I tend to stick to landscape format.

A young Dinosaur fan!

A young Dinosaur fan!

An elementary student from Omaha recreated a scene based on one of my Dinosaur illustrations, which in turn is based on a famous Manet painting. The student is named Avry Hermandson and is a pupil at the Nelson Mandela Elementary School. The class project was to recreate a scene from a famous painting and Avry whose fanatical about dinosaurs, found my illustration online. As well as dinosaur friends, a fruit picnic and drawings of trees can be found in his mock up!

Original illustration link.

My illustration, and the photo of Avry by his teacher.