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there may very be more to see

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

The famous Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella have a scent named “Melograno”  described as an “oriental blend with citrus and spicy notes”

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

The extra treat whilst  was the scent

Pear Conference Pastel there may very be moreConference 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