tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47276701411840959612024-03-07T17:58:21.357+00:00Anita Davies : Location 2007Trips with my sketchbooks in tow!Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-69142287786121984212008-02-04T01:26:00.000+00:002008-02-04T01:46:28.663+00:00Location 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAyS4r40K6-3Ig_j2aUeKVKJbK6afOXZVeANzHht5AZZbrWzXxUzrlWi8iE__q_240R0f3zgssbuAxQqweHXoeet7Qt4hGFxRyDV5h2iamAOPeOPY4OoBIePk3gVn1VBpUi-eGaSSoWe0/s1600-h/1Feb08-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162932243728900258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAyS4r40K6-3Ig_j2aUeKVKJbK6afOXZVeANzHht5AZZbrWzXxUzrlWi8iE__q_240R0f3zgssbuAxQqweHXoeet7Qt4hGFxRyDV5h2iamAOPeOPY4OoBIePk3gVn1VBpUi-eGaSSoWe0/s320/1Feb08-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Tesco Cafe, March, Cambridgeshire.</span><br /><br />I seem to be spending so much time with my sketchbooks and journals these days and with my new job as an illustrated columnist, sharing my journal pages with the local community, I'm sure I'll be spending more time with them this year as well.<br />So, after much thought, I have decided to put all of my location sketches in my <a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/"><strong>original blog</strong> </a>this year, along with my daily journal pages and finished artworks.<br />Hopefully this will make my daily updates easier to navigate and follow for those of you who kindly take your time skipping from one blog to another and also for any new comers.<br /><br /><a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/search/label/location%202008"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Click here to view just the 2008 Location Sketches</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;">.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Click here to view all of the blog entries.</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><br /><br /></span>Thank you all so much for hitching along with me on my travels through this blog during 2007, I hope you will come along for the ride this year too!Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-90302423229962259272008-01-28T23:03:00.000+00:002008-01-29T07:39:39.336+00:00TESCO CAFE, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP0ANP96zmOHH33CbBjltdJfoD0jTbITMCViGDYHLfZ4IaIusiLsZdUBU8cL-hOL4LFLA_txgBEwAbJXwLm-mJPLa0JDcT3A3ztYDgAXule8ldNrVo5z8rmC2Y0R67w6Q4S-eEEiv5PhG/s1600-h/28Jan08-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160799659322449714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoP0ANP96zmOHH33CbBjltdJfoD0jTbITMCViGDYHLfZ4IaIusiLsZdUBU8cL-hOL4LFLA_txgBEwAbJXwLm-mJPLa0JDcT3A3ztYDgAXule8ldNrVo5z8rmC2Y0R67w6Q4S-eEEiv5PhG/s400/28Jan08-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Pigment liner and watercolour in Canson Journal<br /></span>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-62559294689599559282008-01-25T23:29:00.000+00:002008-01-25T23:55:26.239+00:00WISBECH, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibz4hUYmclFg-z_1DaK_wX8berXpPt6SL-83TKCuR9KW0TakvfBDh_UMMSGkBOJbxjSArUAZFPhgfv-pV9Oam-WYOdWN_IZXu-vGWAzq4cliV3UIVuwi3JH4LfDqjVG3uyIAix5XKI-s19/s1600-h/25Jan08-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159566355168435906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibz4hUYmclFg-z_1DaK_wX8berXpPt6SL-83TKCuR9KW0TakvfBDh_UMMSGkBOJbxjSArUAZFPhgfv-pV9Oam-WYOdWN_IZXu-vGWAzq4cliV3UIVuwi3JH4LfDqjVG3uyIAix5XKI-s19/s400/25Jan08-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another sketch created inside the truck, this time while I waited for a better parking position.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-90236137355515138552008-01-21T20:49:00.000+00:002008-01-21T20:54:44.609+00:00TESCO CAFE, March,Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rj3_k5dzrTzbyYGtvuaHqSUNM-TZTupzDe0uiK9V0dYsbWTaO147nt1wQEM8DZq5QddbRXX4q9NOAF9uzX5yLhl7P00cNYH9A-gmYk_j0IF3B1ilcTHLgS4PxAGucB_TNTxtWpe9gIve/s1600-h/21Jan08-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158035387488376546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rj3_k5dzrTzbyYGtvuaHqSUNM-TZTupzDe0uiK9V0dYsbWTaO147nt1wQEM8DZq5QddbRXX4q9NOAF9uzX5yLhl7P00cNYH9A-gmYk_j0IF3B1ilcTHLgS4PxAGucB_TNTxtWpe9gIve/s400/21Jan08-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A couple of 60 second portraits while sipping latte in Tesco Cafe this morning.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-14540091582318805772008-01-16T21:26:00.000+00:002008-01-16T21:47:07.285+00:00ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Manea, Cambridgeshire.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UqnqfDtAHVOP8rwK8E_-eP2huAQ2rxrUjhRiN_a8Hc8gcJ6qW3NsvfzKyDUee1PcJzqJp1izGFs73eFR5L19I3dNjNucql5xgxnEKMkVWN8wgPy4x_PPZmCvcj_pPoUwLB31kD0WfHYB/s1600-h/16Jan08-Manea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156193396274206162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UqnqfDtAHVOP8rwK8E_-eP2huAQ2rxrUjhRiN_a8Hc8gcJ6qW3NsvfzKyDUee1PcJzqJp1izGFs73eFR5L19I3dNjNucql5xgxnEKMkVWN8wgPy4x_PPZmCvcj_pPoUwLB31kD0WfHYB/s400/16Jan08-Manea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Quick sketch, my first location sketch of the year, from the car park while waiting for my Yoga class to begin.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-27131685060998274712008-01-10T00:30:00.001+00:002008-01-10T00:34:00.077+00:0017th Worldwide SketchcrawlThe date has been set for the 17th Worldwide sketch crawl<br /><br /><strong>Saturday 19th january 2008</strong><br /><br />To find others taking part in your area visit <a href="http://sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=35&sid=29a33d02e4a63ee30a6b66d9386180b8">Sketchcrawl.com</a>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-13974103015901252152007-12-15T01:08:00.000+00:002007-12-15T01:14:18.593+00:00GRAFTON CENTRE, Cambridge. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0VKCEzD49QepBHlbeWhHaMJSkre2WbBjfZIsJ3snqvyJYX0V3JvEFzbaTK6cdKnQHUefDuLhTVfaktGK1bA6tnd-ieVI2wlR-XURgNrb4AKpEMDG2yspwFMd10lmvo5HCv1eTPdzYuvB/s1600-h/13Dec07-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144001165236867634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0VKCEzD49QepBHlbeWhHaMJSkre2WbBjfZIsJ3snqvyJYX0V3JvEFzbaTK6cdKnQHUefDuLhTVfaktGK1bA6tnd-ieVI2wlR-XURgNrb4AKpEMDG2yspwFMd10lmvo5HCv1eTPdzYuvB/s400/13Dec07-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A quick coffee break while shopping at the Grafton Centre in Cambridge.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-63501880864952350582007-12-10T23:58:00.001+00:002007-12-11T01:54:39.322+00:00MARCH POLICE STATION, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKD7PEkDqZZ8bj4N_oIKMw94bSMV31USnsCVxkSl75h9kG_PbD2YT4jNYRo8KGkx_PEI4EVaHWn88p0mAuR3QGt8mmsDA5ZZ4EF0WOps107uR6gnMFOkjMIkH3-SqtFtqZiwhNyJ11VwfE/s1600-h/10Dec07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142527660513810498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKD7PEkDqZZ8bj4N_oIKMw94bSMV31USnsCVxkSl75h9kG_PbD2YT4jNYRo8KGkx_PEI4EVaHWn88p0mAuR3QGt8mmsDA5ZZ4EF0WOps107uR6gnMFOkjMIkH3-SqtFtqZiwhNyJ11VwfE/s400/10Dec07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sketched from the truck this morning while waiting for the bank to open.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-28528156561643428032007-12-05T23:35:00.001+00:002007-12-06T01:17:40.079+00:00HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkIEVGx3CnjO3jBOwnFxWDj85OLUwI3F3GKzXs8Z4OzOSC4odJBkOqYS4MNAPSRhAcVFImOxU-XIALhyuMgmK0lvClpzBCbTAPSVyOoaHdMS1y_4rmClU0B3rTDnSTFigrBVfmhr4qtQC/s1600-h/05Dec07-2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140662124288923570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkIEVGx3CnjO3jBOwnFxWDj85OLUwI3F3GKzXs8Z4OzOSC4odJBkOqYS4MNAPSRhAcVFImOxU-XIALhyuMgmK0lvClpzBCbTAPSVyOoaHdMS1y_4rmClU0B3rTDnSTFigrBVfmhr4qtQC/s400/05Dec07-2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These are the sketches I made in my journal today at Hinchingbrooke hospital where my Son, Harry, had to have dental surgery.<br />You can see the entire journal page and read all about our day <a href="http://artbyanita.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-sweet-home.html">HERE.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlCRUKAafIxu-SqthSggIvS-XZhAZiUAX6MuLhOLilcNlGaP9xRtbMGjM1RuhMyaEhyphenhyphen0fgMcdqWKGG0UGp7d0WMZlzg_rhamCNlu5TXaIuNWIDfon8-Lject5RpFmMIDcSuNLIj12jELM/s1600-h/05Dec07-3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140662004029839266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlCRUKAafIxu-SqthSggIvS-XZhAZiUAX6MuLhOLilcNlGaP9xRtbMGjM1RuhMyaEhyphenhyphen0fgMcdqWKGG0UGp7d0WMZlzg_rhamCNlu5TXaIuNWIDfon8-Lject5RpFmMIDcSuNLIj12jELM/s400/05Dec07-3.JPG" border="0" /></a>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-45171684713982319502007-12-03T23:13:00.000+00:002007-12-03T23:38:12.517+00:00SPIKE & VIOLET, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqMRwaVvw-RO5MUCUErea9ffUKvY3k6rSWs3zUNSLpwr1udP05KMUIBtetd5rbDpceITrYCNOl6XahUDy6eeYd2rjbbrH63J91rJN7RvDREYNMbChhcjCDMfQM6Fsvnxe_lc5O2jAOW5l/s1600-r/03Dec07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139894712417376066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCy7j0pHT-euSW1sk81X-cLzvS6zbXKkhdujO1T-j3LwOzs83D-52tM7jR0B__P4bTxdcn9K8xEUH1F9Q68PFkxZOvO_05XSUlgl25AwDZMlSzecvUIUP7D0MgE-0fVxtKr-A9ik5qJmw/s400/03Dec07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Arrived a little early for my hair appointment today, leaving me time to sketch another customer before taking the 'Hot Seat'.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-6746667946903652372007-12-03T23:11:00.000+00:002007-12-03T23:34:56.872+00:00DODDINGTON HOSPITAL, Doddington, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjSpDfl43_h6wk2-twmmHUMM8ZMfcZfE4UHv_XXBKMlDNhWWRdsM-AQi6x0Nx1hs1v4m-KMK4pfPdEry2Q_dlJ1yXi37Bk54Q8Cj4ShgDBUR7KOqYKs9rbErz62eVECf3bJhnh4wVBrvS/s1600-r/03Dec07-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139893569956075314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6I-K735oYMfXhTXqR59DlqfMAhQX-_XnI8PN6BnPSDhHAPRc8kwX2hUlk3z5efXINXJi7o1BAZvKoqrQ6zUtSHEPEAXZ5TqVqx93ouh6KIi_rbL0uaqxkWa5DU1dJXmD-eN78AEi_rPnC/s400/03Dec07-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The waiting room corridor of the Doddington hospital physio department. I arrived 5 minutes early and he was 5 minutes late...resulting in 10 minutes to sketch!Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-43182983275212589972007-11-30T23:33:00.000+00:002007-12-01T01:56:03.748+00:00TESCO, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHPYCOszuwfOaXYcRfs41QhdS-mLvP6Yedhpp1xysfdjiGqAtEYeF-xJjlH7ZY0FCcCeIa-aMgWfkKJip-twOp-GKJ17ZMhvp9gqp_XvIozkrb6b21Nm4g-kVCSJ9iO6ajnkugxFwJdVj/s1600-r/30Nov07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138816731460654786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoPiIIJe4zF7Z48jzj9MxlIwACTgKbRnWFpKZeYqjNRpBZsC-k5JwuZ3NWpJv95lzMBSKdPsNqMXAm5E_6dPpSK_KX2mhD4yi1wSsWVkNKERzRRqeRr5qhvOxVS2QLmI-YPVGTbMueAUr/s400/30Nov07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a page from my journal today, which includes another morning sketch session at Tesco.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-46083960861448428092007-11-27T22:43:00.001+00:002007-11-28T11:33:57.049+00:00HINCHINGBROOKE HEALTH CENTRE, Huntingdon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYc7xwJbErZQhGK0qxK3qaF7V63Hp7XjuxPf49GwU6LyOi0WIHg7KhTohgYzNkhzGeUWL_AAfVUpYW1D60N2NxMVwoYHLiMzlu01rjVa3DNm4r9HEZQDyItxDNqj55bB1vkOiyvbppw6a/s1600-h/27Nov07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137851473122146722" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYc7xwJbErZQhGK0qxK3qaF7V63Hp7XjuxPf49GwU6LyOi0WIHg7KhTohgYzNkhzGeUWL_AAfVUpYW1D60N2NxMVwoYHLiMzlu01rjVa3DNm4r9HEZQDyItxDNqj55bB1vkOiyvbppw6a/s400/27Nov07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A trip to the health centre at Hinchingbrooke hospital yesterday resulted in this sketch of the dental desk while Harry and I waited for his appointment. The desks are scattered all over the huge building, each catering for different areas and each swarming the people that sit behind them.<br />The desk should probably have been a little deeper in my sketch, I think a person would have trouble fitting their whole body in the area I provided even while seated but I wanted to emphasise their design as I find them more than a little amusing!Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-92163643139333663342007-11-19T22:07:00.001+00:002007-11-21T00:27:02.464+00:00CHURCH STREET CLINIC, Somersham. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYdee7ZwoR_82sxxWEvTCRwxmr43v_yXMo6YGMY-DZCnAXr7j_0j-EgdUTf5T9K_gRWRwFr92Rqi55xWzJou4Thd2jBIM1gqpZy3PcnVFNbIXMIRPM5L-vu6JLCyEYNGr_5iJO_NDvfNg/s1600-h/19Nov07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134720383107918898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYdee7ZwoR_82sxxWEvTCRwxmr43v_yXMo6YGMY-DZCnAXr7j_0j-EgdUTf5T9K_gRWRwFr92Rqi55xWzJou4Thd2jBIM1gqpZy3PcnVFNbIXMIRPM5L-vu6JLCyEYNGr_5iJO_NDvfNg/s400/19Nov07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Took Harry, my youngest, to his dental appointment today and managed to make a couple of sketches while I waited. The first sketch was created in the waiting room and the second was created while the dentist tended to Harry.<br />Both sketches kind of rolled into one another, which I quite like.<br />No time for messing around, we only had a few moments wait in the waiting room and then, once in with the dentist, it wasn't long before I had to leave so Harry could be x-rayed.<br />Therefore, I made notes and added the colour on my return home.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-80785797170919168832007-11-17T23:41:00.001+00:002007-11-18T00:06:47.194+00:00GRAFTON CENTRE, Cambridge. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqpLz7bVpn0TJ-E72-zUIFKdMLD1B7IV5L3MZ1g1Tkoc33mTH8-eKi_n1Q1rngZg1IVNq-5a75HQV-vSaVy3GXsoMSeYmw5e5gN4Umw5zpOlBbBGuth85b0L9vB3XjvpB5eLaS9Br3Otn/s1600-h/17Nov07-GraftonCentre.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133964125266439106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqpLz7bVpn0TJ-E72-zUIFKdMLD1B7IV5L3MZ1g1Tkoc33mTH8-eKi_n1Q1rngZg1IVNq-5a75HQV-vSaVy3GXsoMSeYmw5e5gN4Umw5zpOlBbBGuth85b0L9vB3XjvpB5eLaS9Br3Otn/s320/17Nov07-GraftonCentre.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Indulged in a little Christmas shopping at The Grafton Centre in Cambridge today and took my small watercolour moleskin along for the all essential coffee breaks!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTFWEYQTpD1VQbt65YtB1D1Q4T22kNrG_m49We_woSQqskqwIE1UmlvH-aT9USq3Y7T6_m0cQZ6eA-vjVPXv99Ulp7C6EErIgWIPhNOndh-EJHVAUSsPYd2TCbUDJb0SbTVNFS244-jkD/s1600-h/17Nov07-2-GraftonCentre.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133964013597289394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTFWEYQTpD1VQbt65YtB1D1Q4T22kNrG_m49We_woSQqskqwIE1UmlvH-aT9USq3Y7T6_m0cQZ6eA-vjVPXv99Ulp7C6EErIgWIPhNOndh-EJHVAUSsPYd2TCbUDJb0SbTVNFS244-jkD/s320/17Nov07-2-GraftonCentre.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-17208430221383165102007-11-13T17:30:00.000+00:002007-11-13T22:16:18.566+00:00WHITTLESEY, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphoTkHWpN3d9YDtyg5bZ8rWVmIMzgoZMhx8y4sNGACYyOnJc6q6ZDbc6bb0f6TYvlmvQonilFQVWXY6LIxTcHzMixpitOwCFICDIGVkak_11dFgxQJnwFDCMFdeR3tDiUkptz9Bz7cA2i/s1600-h/13Nov07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132392695902476930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphoTkHWpN3d9YDtyg5bZ8rWVmIMzgoZMhx8y4sNGACYyOnJc6q6ZDbc6bb0f6TYvlmvQonilFQVWXY6LIxTcHzMixpitOwCFICDIGVkak_11dFgxQJnwFDCMFdeR3tDiUkptz9Bz7cA2i/s400/13Nov07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Noodler's ink in Seawhite sketchbook<br /></span><br /><br />Sketched this beautiful gateway, that sits on the corner of a square wall outside St Andrews Hall in Whittlesey, today while waiting for my life class to begin.<br /><br />I have sketched in this car park twice before:<br /><br /><a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/2007/07/st-andrews-hall-whittlesey.html">ST ANDREWS HALL</a><br /><br /><a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/2007/10/whittlesey-cambridgeshire-uk.html">WHITTLESEY CHURCH</a>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-20031079086978068972007-11-08T22:35:00.001+00:002007-11-09T00:17:11.597+00:00TESCO CAFE, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zxcX9Ajo-H5Xc0IO335WaNIdhKdcK0N_ld_zDgJp0duNsQ2avdiotEeq6ukk-SsJpk5EIgrm7KXXK0-pe3w3Eg3nl7YdkBNDao65caeTMZag-jpfsrx5hWxvJ_Tsh2ZEBDmLL0AL8t59/s1600-h/08Nov07-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130627305430030754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zxcX9Ajo-H5Xc0IO335WaNIdhKdcK0N_ld_zDgJp0duNsQ2avdiotEeq6ukk-SsJpk5EIgrm7KXXK0-pe3w3Eg3nl7YdkBNDao65caeTMZag-jpfsrx5hWxvJ_Tsh2ZEBDmLL0AL8t59/s320/08Nov07-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another trip to Tesco today and a few quick figure studies while I sipped on a sweet latte, Mmmmm!Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-15363355136051462672007-11-07T07:29:00.000+00:002007-11-07T07:44:13.278+00:00TESCO CAFE, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJkwxUMsoFlHQXCImb3Okhji9uXJRLAKa1Rr8rwC4kAxL-IxMam9Y3xF5L9f8eC4iST49_7NzBHwu4F6tFDO-9qq9uyefUh2Ilp0ND-z-w7riNxH1Jl3urn6nkacxvsBjbBx6aZHlhT8t/s1600-h/06Nov07-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129997746431459346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJkwxUMsoFlHQXCImb3Okhji9uXJRLAKa1Rr8rwC4kAxL-IxMam9Y3xF5L9f8eC4iST49_7NzBHwu4F6tFDO-9qq9uyefUh2Ilp0ND-z-w7riNxH1Jl3urn6nkacxvsBjbBx6aZHlhT8t/s400/06Nov07-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Ink in Seawhite sketchbook</span><br /><br />Popped along to <a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/search?q=tesco">Tesco</a> with my sketchbook yesterday morning and, after a hearty breakfast and froth laden latte, I captured the man a few tables up from me in my Seawhite 6x6" sketchbook.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-22882321928912124082007-10-31T11:47:00.001+00:002007-10-31T12:02:57.022+00:00WHITTLESEY, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEktPYTgJzT4VjfFK22-ewTiCOC3vuADLTIKSHogojGC3UvwvY6AjCScQ4sxdF6GLoe2pGAEPAdvFnXaTWKyqDZuqLJJxEOuSMH0uRs3WOc-YrviubnSvM7LSG_XUy37w4v7dPlyyoadE/s1600-h/30Oct07-Whittlesey.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127466593354907234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEktPYTgJzT4VjfFK22-ewTiCOC3vuADLTIKSHogojGC3UvwvY6AjCScQ4sxdF6GLoe2pGAEPAdvFnXaTWKyqDZuqLJJxEOuSMH0uRs3WOc-YrviubnSvM7LSG_XUy37w4v7dPlyyoadE/s400/30Oct07-Whittlesey.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A quick ink sketch of Whittlesey Church from the car park waiting for yesterday's life session to commence.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-50113201471600615052007-10-02T23:34:00.000+00:002007-10-02T23:45:21.878+00:00FLOODS FERRY, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv-ajICUGcehxUYeNwLWJQqSUfjgNEtDVCVdeSKyOvuqhiOU_38MpH1iUINZJWfClvswXQyZSCrxAeFRkUlNXsas8AVSU5jdwxAlx0wzQ2DWxcGEbnMDqNwcuRH8wCXcSeG6Wuyd70Rog/s1600-h/FloodsFerry-03Oct07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116888351260564210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv-ajICUGcehxUYeNwLWJQqSUfjgNEtDVCVdeSKyOvuqhiOU_38MpH1iUINZJWfClvswXQyZSCrxAeFRkUlNXsas8AVSU5jdwxAlx0wzQ2DWxcGEbnMDqNwcuRH8wCXcSeG6Wuyd70Rog/s400/FloodsFerry-03Oct07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Noodler's red/black Ink & White Acrylic in large moleskin sketchbook.</span><br /><br />Popped to the pet store straight from the school run this morning and had 15 minutes to kill before they opened so I sketched the workshop and van in front of me.<br />Floods Ferry runs from Doddington straight through to the March bypass, the pet store is at the March end of the road.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-27576652240843171972007-10-01T22:28:00.000+00:002007-10-01T23:26:25.186+00:00LILYHOLT ROAD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccZbBFudxtC5tigzZ0hl8SeMPVsGpMgSmMXs80Ff1h0AL-Md2GPUH8ZFscBqUF0GZue-eZDDa-knfgZi4i5v6VV0KsKt7hj36vT778b1l_8M3_TThpjeLnkuQcTYdJv_WlOELjbfiwyl1/s1600-h/lilyholt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116504372594367090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccZbBFudxtC5tigzZ0hl8SeMPVsGpMgSmMXs80Ff1h0AL-Md2GPUH8ZFscBqUF0GZue-eZDDa-knfgZi4i5v6VV0KsKt7hj36vT778b1l_8M3_TThpjeLnkuQcTYdJv_WlOELjbfiwyl1/s400/lilyholt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few weeks ago I was contacted by the webmaster for a local village website. Adam had came across my sketch of <a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/2007/08/benwick-playpark.html">Benwick Playpark, </a>while looking up history on the village through the internet, and kindly wrote to ask me if he could include the image on his new website Lilyholt Road - I agreed and offered another sketch I had produced of the <a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/2007/03/river-nene-benwick-cambridgeshire-uk.html">River at Benwick</a>.<br /><br />I then ventured out to capture the <a href="http://artbyanita2.blogspot.com/2007/09/five-alls-benwick-cambridgeshire-uk.html">Five Alls pub</a>.<br /><br />True to his word, Adam uploaded the sketches onto the relevant pages of his website along with copyright and links.<br /><br />I then received an email from him informing me of an October update where he intended to create a page just for me and my sketches. The page is now up and running and can be seen <a href="http://www.lilyholtroad.co.uk/anita_davies.htm">HERE</a><br /><br />A HUGE thanks to Adam Keppel-Garner, congratulations on your informative new website.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-55836050474853792182007-09-30T22:38:00.000+00:002007-09-30T22:55:13.038+00:00MY DOORSTEP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBoNJyq1axF_yIlLZwq2wJzVZmrzHkgjGYq10kpZbn0gKaNGOMDKILjMV157xP6gTSzUwaGhhLd8kW-gM_hbDxtm2pgkTcdes8J131gLKjVy0_aLkeVdm-UhnbCXATa8IHrc_So5jv29s/s1600-h/Harvest-30Sept07.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116131122756475362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBoNJyq1axF_yIlLZwq2wJzVZmrzHkgjGYq10kpZbn0gKaNGOMDKILjMV157xP6gTSzUwaGhhLd8kW-gM_hbDxtm2pgkTcdes8J131gLKjVy0_aLkeVdm-UhnbCXATa8IHrc_So5jv29s/s400/Harvest-30Sept07.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The sun shone today and the rain held off, so I braved the Autumn chill and sat upon my doorstep for a while with a sketchbook and my Lamy fountain pen filled with red/black Noodler's ink.<br />The apple tree has struggled for light with the climbing rose bush and the laurel this year, both need a good trim. However, against all the odds, it has produced a little fruit.<br />I picked one of these rough, miss-shaped beauties today and plopped it next to some bright, plump berries to create the sketch above. <br /><br />My attention then turned to my parents house. Just across the yard with nothing and nobody between us but grass and hedge, my children have enjoyed the freedom of being able to safely pass between the two homes throughout their childhood.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1fUl-4Mvp3BERaoc1k2D3zuMtC6pT_4Ic8B83KvDDgJep6HKf3cPKlYyLJS33-zJ0zcd4ZBFakOZ0L2s8xNA_QV7hGogAhlrV46aS339CkZOCes2672NqEhpDQ3Xzt0AkGnA6e2PBt8u/s1600-h/Parents-30Sept07-.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116131217245755890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1fUl-4Mvp3BERaoc1k2D3zuMtC6pT_4Ic8B83KvDDgJep6HKf3cPKlYyLJS33-zJ0zcd4ZBFakOZ0L2s8xNA_QV7hGogAhlrV46aS339CkZOCes2672NqEhpDQ3Xzt0AkGnA6e2PBt8u/s400/Parents-30Sept07-.jpg" border="0" /></a>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-49937903435971831872007-09-27T19:53:00.000+00:002007-09-27T20:06:04.647+00:00TESCO CAFE, March, Cambridgeshire. UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0dQER07iiZmkGROVkUKbamB5bj0RWCavLOjdlNQfdpFho60f21BitgUmtJd38pAiFSahv9aKa82V1vMYsYdG09DsWDCQQyTjwTQMr4CWaUYQaQOIp9IVGPAUD-2FjznrQZhyphenhyphenf2y_CMjt/s1600-h/TescoCafe-2-26Sept07.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114976004187117762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0dQER07iiZmkGROVkUKbamB5bj0RWCavLOjdlNQfdpFho60f21BitgUmtJd38pAiFSahv9aKa82V1vMYsYdG09DsWDCQQyTjwTQMr4CWaUYQaQOIp9IVGPAUD-2FjznrQZhyphenhyphenf2y_CMjt/s400/TescoCafe-2-26Sept07.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A quick trip to Tesco this week presented the chance of a latte and a cafe sketch or two in my moleskin sketchbook!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjBcM1-yWFBoUK1To9kSg9bT5RaMuM0-0GXsNdDz0bR0o3PaeT6v8sxv8bwL3IhaKm_G5vCsE2G93ysiM6iGpBUJ3EepN2W-z1hRPGOVLBd3WmMtnHU-JXYG4Ct6-ER2XW4txXHeTKfHS/s1600-h/TescoCafe--1-26Sept07.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114975054999345330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjBcM1-yWFBoUK1To9kSg9bT5RaMuM0-0GXsNdDz0bR0o3PaeT6v8sxv8bwL3IhaKm_G5vCsE2G93ysiM6iGpBUJ3EepN2W-z1hRPGOVLBd3WmMtnHU-JXYG4Ct6-ER2XW4txXHeTKfHS/s320/TescoCafe--1-26Sept07.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Images created using Noodler's red/black ink and coloured pencils<br /></span>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-40733179763390892762007-09-26T20:38:00.000+00:002007-09-26T20:48:36.156+00:00DODDINGTON BUS STOP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Qf59lEvCmD5LSbc3siDpvsq-w_bKQvADOKNRXVnxJYY5Wz1U5_iYiyz0LepLRnim_xya0rLrL1Jrdz6KiMtPvBZG-nqGOTC2RdBwZIDkFjfDJ4f1RnVRn-wYMJZWGvshlNqK7hVelzi/s1600-h/DoddingtonBusStop-26Sept07.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114615652136016034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Qf59lEvCmD5LSbc3siDpvsq-w_bKQvADOKNRXVnxJYY5Wz1U5_iYiyz0LepLRnim_xya0rLrL1Jrdz6KiMtPvBZG-nqGOTC2RdBwZIDkFjfDJ4f1RnVRn-wYMJZWGvshlNqK7hVelzi/s400/DoddingtonBusStop-26Sept07.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Doddington Bus Stop </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Large moleskin sketchbook, coloured pencil and Noodler's red/black ink</span><br /><br />Another sketch from the truck after the school run.<br />I parked in the lay-by and captured this man in ink and coloured pencil before he hopped onto the bus, I then filled the background in around him after he'd gone.Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727670141184095961.post-42382915221318896422007-09-25T05:45:00.000+00:002007-09-25T05:56:49.883+00:00DODDINGTON VILLAGE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaANIQvJMeivtW8JAMnONib_Ji-wuo9GGS6c87V4u4S38dtQDCiI4tA8AlA2xJbrz3tMuTnjGxw4U4eWfN_xeOXzpgieoWuW30AUkbQHx8qG1Wse2KIKvp7zDJlNNns5Vj3gABgkc2abY/s1600-h/25Sept07-DoddingtonVillage+.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114014580052875378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaANIQvJMeivtW8JAMnONib_Ji-wuo9GGS6c87V4u4S38dtQDCiI4tA8AlA2xJbrz3tMuTnjGxw4U4eWfN_xeOXzpgieoWuW30AUkbQHx8qG1Wse2KIKvp7zDJlNNns5Vj3gABgkc2abY/s400/25Sept07-DoddingtonVillage+.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs_hoj8CO1uazSuegnaRgpTKiyb8djFa1_rF60XpgGx7sA1E5xlcAi1f_wWWxMjFG1euK5XxV86fX5Jmpba9M3U-W92k_uOzx7bir7Xp4CZOStSJkj4KN2LlAIKSqa6X9d6xz853WMwzm/s1600-h/25Sept07-DoddingtonVillage+.jpg"></a><br />A quick sketch from the truck yesterday while making the school run. I completed the ink sketch of the figures quickly on location then added the background and the colour back at home.</div><div> </div><div>Isn't it strange how I make this trip every day and I could not remember what the background would have shown behind the figures, for this reason the background is a little 'imaginative'.</div>Anita Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162546509817976noreply@blogger.com9