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Clients' Sketches My Sketches

Clients' Sketches

Sketch: Barbara's Handa — Barbara's Handa

Sketch: Ardvreck Castle, Sandie — Ardvreck Castle, Sandie

Sketch: Badenscallie timed sketch — Badenscallie timed sketch

Sketch: Lael forest by Cindra — Lael forest by Cindra

Sketch: Yacht at Handa — Yacht at Handa

Sketch: Cathy's Summer Isles — Cathy's Summer Isles

Sketch: Islet, Loch Assynt — Islet, Loch Assynt

Sketch: Lochinver from the breakwater — Lochinver from the breakwater

Sketch: Assynt view, Marika — Assynt view, Marika

Sketch: Boat bay — Boat bay

Sketch: Cliff's cliffs, Handa — Cliff's cliffs, Handa

Sketch: Steph at Handa — Steph at Handa

Sketch: Alex's Black Rock Gorge — Alex's Black Rock Gorge

Sketch: Handa on a warm day, Jenny — Handa on a warm day, Jenny

Sketch: Surinder's An Teallach — Surinder's An Teallach

Sketch: Kirkaig Falls, Joanna — Kirkaig Falls, Joanna

Sketch: Zsuzsanne's sketchbook — Zsuzsanne's sketchbook

Sketch: Islet, limited palette — Islet, limited palette

Sketch: Kirkaig falls, Ruth — Kirkaig falls, Ruth

Sketch: Loch Assynt, Ruth — Loch Assynt, Ruth

Sketch: Marika's Clashnessie Falls — Marika's Clashnessie Falls

Sketch: Mill beach view, Sandie — Mill beach view, Sandie

Sketch: Split Rock — Split Rock

Sketch: Mill Beach, Marika — Mill Beach, Marika

Sketch: Ruth's cliffs — Ruth's cliffs

Sketch: Ruth's river — Ruth's river

Sketch: Scots pines, Barbara — Scots pines, Barbara

Sketch: Split Rock on a chilly day — Split Rock on a chilly day

Sketch: Cliff's Suilven — Cliff's Suilven

Sketch: Vestie's beach, Achmelvich, Marika — Vestie's beach, Achmelvich, Marika

Sketch: Suilven textural exercise, Joanna — Suilven textural exercise, Joanna

Sketch: Joan's doors — Joan's doors
Ink painting, Rissani doors

Sketch: Cliona's zen tent — Cliona's zen tent

Sketch: Leslie's door — Leslie's door

Sketch: Sue's steps, Zagora — Sue's steps, Zagora

Sketch: Sue's kasbah door — Sue's kasbah door

Sketch: Page from Jane's sketchbook — Page from Jane's sketchbook

Sketch: Tassie's road, Dades valley — Tassie's road, Dades valley

Sketch: Tassie's gate — Tassie's gate

Sketch: Leslie's kasbah, Rose Valley — Leslie's kasbah, Rose Valley

Sketch: Katrina's tonal door 1 — Katrina's tonal door 1

Sketch: Katrina's road, Dades Valley — Katrina's road, Dades Valley

Sketch: Katrina's door, Tamnougalt — Katrina's door, Tamnougalt

Sketch: Katrina's donkey — Katrina's donkey

Sketch: Katrina's 10 minute oasis sketch — Katrina's 10 minute oasis sketch

Sketch: Jane's door, Telouet — Jane's door, Telouet

Sketch: Fiona's tower — Fiona's tower

Sketch: Fiona's kasbah door — Fiona's kasbah door

Sketch: Anita's windows — Anita's windows

Sketch: Anita's oasis impression — Anita's oasis impression

Sketch: Anita's desert tree — Anita's desert tree

Sketch: Saharan tents (Mary-Rose) — Saharan tents (Mary-Rose)

Sketch: Dusty desert (Mary-Rose) — Dusty desert (Mary-Rose)

Sketch: Clifford at M'Herch — Clifford at M'Herch

Sketch: Auberge Dinosaur (Jane) — Auberge Dinosaur (Jane)

Sketch: Auberge Dinosaur (Clifford) — Auberge Dinosaur (Clifford)

Sketch: Therese's kasbah studies — Therese's kasbah studies

Sketch: Sally's interior — Sally's interior

Sketch: Kathy's Ait Benhaddou — Kathy's Ait Benhaddou

Sketch: Kathy's Moroccan interior — Kathy's Moroccan interior

Sketch: Hotel room door — Hotel room door

Sketch: Diane's Moroccan interior — Diane's Moroccan interior

Sketch: Angela's kasbah — Angela's kasbah

Sketch: Alice's afternoon tea — Alice's afternoon tea

Sketch: Therese's Rock people — Therese's Rock people

Sketch: Therese's kasbah — Therese's kasbah

Sketch: Sally's oasis — Sally's oasis

Sketch: Sally's kasbah — Sally's kasbah

Sketch: Pot, Tamnougalt — Pot, Tamnougalt

Sketch: Angela in Zagora — Angela in Zagora

Sketch: Alice's fossil mountains — Alice's fossil mountains

Sketch: Eva's gate — Eva's gate

Sketch: Eva's stony desert — Eva's stony desert

Sketch: Rachel's Ziz vally — Rachel's Ziz vally

Sketch: Eva's fossil — Eva's fossil

Sketch: Cliona's Bhalil — Cliona's Bhalil

Sketch: Angela's desert sketchbook — Angela's desert sketchbook

Sketch: Clare's Dunes at Sunset — Clare's Dunes at Sunset

Sketch: Pauline's Oasis composition exercise — Pauline's Oasis composition exercise

morocco-painting-holidays — Angela's kasbah

Sketch: Page from Federica's sketchbook — Page from Federica's sketchbook

Sketch: Pauline's burnt palms — Pauline's burnt palms

Sketch: Federica's rocks — Federica's rocks

Sketch: Desert dwelling — Desert dwelling

Sketch: Diane's washing line — Diane's washing line

Sketch: Cathys-camel — Cathys-camel

Sketch: Jane's pots — Jane's pots

Sketch: Kasbah Amridil — Kasbah Amridil

Sketch: Tamnougalt sunset — Tamnougalt sunset

Sketch: Emma's Dinosaur — Emma's Dinosaur

Sketch: M'harech — M'harech

Sketch: Plants at Skoura — Plants at Skoura

Sketch: Desert convenience by Sonia — Desert convenience by Sonia
Watercolour by Sonia

Sketch: Annette's door — Annette's door

Sketch: Moroccan salad — Moroccan salad

Sketch: John at Tamnougalt — John at Tamnougalt

Sketch: Nomad tent — Nomad tent

Sketch: Dades oasis — Dades oasis

Sketch: Annette in the desert — Annette in the desert

Sketch: Natalie's pots — Natalie's pots

Sketch: Kasbah door, tonal sketch — Kasbah door, tonal sketch
Watercolour by Liz

Sketch: Sharon's garden — Sharon's garden

Sketch: John's Telouet — John's Telouet

Sketch: Rachels-desert-pot — Rachels-desert-pot

Sketch: Wilsons-gate — Wilsons-gate

Sketch: Ermite de Lourdes (Michelle) — Ermite de Lourdes (Michelle)

Sketch: Clare's Gomera botanicals — Clare's Gomera botanicals

Sketch: Balconies (Helen) — Balconies (Helen)

Sketch: Cathy's Pastrana, La Gomera — Cathy's Pastrana, La Gomera

Sketch: Giant dandelions (Helen) — Giant dandelions (Helen)

Sketch: Cathy's Trees at Benchijigua — Cathy's Trees at Benchijigua

Sketch: Garjonay hillside (Michelle) — Garjonay hillside (Michelle)

Sketch: Arure (Claire) — Arure (Claire)

Sketch: Caldera de Taburiente (Bernadette) — Caldera de Taburiente (Bernadette)

Sketch: Rachel 1 3 colour study — Rachel 1 3 colour study

Sketch: Cliff's Benchijigua — Cliff's Benchijigua

Sketch: Cathy's textures at Garanojay — Cathy's textures at Garanojay

Sketch: Rainy ruins — Rainy ruins

Sketch: Flame trees, Santa Cruz (Claire) — Flame trees, Santa Cruz (Claire)

Sketch: Teide from Centro Visitantes (Liz) — Teide from Centro Visitantes (Liz)

Sketch: Forest textures — Forest textures

Sketch: Volcanic landscape (Millie) — Volcanic landscape (Millie)

Sketch: Nic's Pinnacles — Nic's Pinnacles

Sketch: Dawn's 1st painting — Dawn's 1st painting

Sketch: Graham's 1st painting — Graham's 1st painting

Sketch: Speed sketching, Vallon ski lift — Speed sketching, Vallon ski lift

Sketch: Dolomites, Alsion — Dolomites, Alsion

Sketch: Longiaru — Longiaru

Sketch: Graham's 2nd painting — Graham's 2nd painting

Sketch: Beneath Sassongher, Alison — Beneath Sassongher, Alison

Sketch: Annette's barn, Corvara — Annette's barn, Corvara

Sketch: Window boxes, Corvara - Nic — Window boxes, Corvara - Nic

Sketch: Speed sketching, Santa Croce — Speed sketching, Santa Croce

Sketch: Dolomites — Dolomites

Sketch: Meg's 1st watercolour — Meg's 1st watercolour

Sketch: View from Annette's window — View from Annette's window

Sketch: Meg's 2nd watercolour — Meg's 2nd watercolour

Sketch: Barn, Santa Croce — Barn, Santa Croce

Sketch: Verona old town - Nic — Verona old town - Nic

Sketch: Tea plantation, Lesley — Tea plantation, Lesley

Sketch: Tea plantation — Tea plantation

Sketch: Stilt fishermen — Stilt fishermen

Sketch: Galle, by Annette — Galle, by Annette

Sketch: Rainforest — Rainforest

Sketch: Negombo Nature Villa — Negombo Nature Villa

Sketch: Fishing vessel — Fishing vessel

Sketch: Mangroves — Mangroves

Sketch: Tea! — Tea!

Sketch: Madu river — Madu river

Sketch: Temple island stupa, Alison — Temple island stupa, Alison

Sketch: Federica's Kosgoda — Federica's Kosgoda

Sketch: Mangroves, Alison — Mangroves, Alison

Sketch: Buddhist temple near Ratnapura — Buddhist temple near Ratnapura

Sketch: Washing, Jose — Washing, Jose

Sketch: Giant bamboo, Perideniya by Annette — Giant bamboo, Perideniya by Annette

Sketch: Jose's tuk tuk — Jose's tuk tuk

Sketch: Temple stairway, Annette — Temple stairway, Annette

Sketch: Rainforest tonal exercise, Lesley — Rainforest tonal exercise, Lesley

Sketch: Boats near Galle — Boats near Galle

Sketch: Leaf tangle, negative drawing, Caroline — Leaf tangle, negative drawing, Caroline

Sketch: Tea plantation, Caroline — Tea plantation, Caroline

Sketch: Tropical leaf study, Isabella — Tropical leaf study, Isabella

Sketch: Rooftops, Galle fort - Jose — Rooftops, Galle fort - Jose

Sketch: Dambulla, Alison — Dambulla, Alison

Sketch: Coffe hut, Caroline — Coffe hut, Caroline

Sketch: Creeping beach plants, Lesley — Creeping beach plants, Lesley

Sketch: In the forest, Jose — In the forest, Jose

Sketch: Bopath Ella, Lesley — Bopath Ella, Lesley

Sketch: Caroline's surf boards, Weligama — Caroline's surf boards, Weligama

Sketch: Blue door & arches, Isabella — Blue door & arches, Isabella

Sketch: Dambulla, Annette — Dambulla, Annette

Sketch: Market scene, Isabella — Market scene, Isabella

My Sketches

Sketch: Vines overhead — Vines overhead

Sketch: Rocky swimming, Symi — Rocky swimming, Symi

Sketch: Pedi — Pedi

Sketch: House next door, Masouri — House next door, Masouri

Sketch: Bouganvillea, Telendos — Bouganvillea, Telendos

Sketch: Asklepion — Asklepion

Sketch: Boat, Indaruwa — Boat, Indaruwa

Sketch: Dambulla cave temple — Dambulla cave temple

Sketch: Orchard House, Galle — Orchard House, Galle

Sketch: Temple Steps — Temple Steps

Sketch: Pothgul Rajahmaha Vijara — Pothgul Rajahmaha Vijara

Sketch: Rainforest tangle — Rainforest tangle

Sketch: Roadside dwelling — Roadside dwelling

Sketch: Paddy fields — Paddy fields

Sketch: Misty tea plantation study — Misty tea plantation study

Sketch: Island, Weligama Bay — Island, Weligama Bay

Sketch: Frangipani and pantiles, Galle Fort — Frangipani and pantiles, Galle Fort

Sketch: Spiky beach plants — Spiky beach plants

Sketch: Flowers around the pool — Flowers around the pool

Sketch: Jungle house, Deniyaya — Jungle house, Deniyaya

Sketch: Across the lagoon, Sri Lanka — Across the lagoon, Sri Lanka

Sketch: Aspiring Buddha rock carving — Aspiring Buddha rock carving

Sketch: Sigiriya — Sigiriya

Sketch: Kosgoda river reflections — Kosgoda river reflections

Sketch: Waiting tuk tuks — Waiting tuk tuks

Sketch: Jungle, Sri Lanka — Jungle, Sri Lanka

Sketch: Bopath Ella — Bopath Ella

Sketch: Giant fig — Giant fig

Sketch: Blue boat — Blue boat

Sketch: Sketching at the railway station. A lesson in perspective! — Sketching at the railway station. A lesson in perspective!

Sketch: Coco palm study — Coco palm study

Sketch: Tafraoute mountains — Tafraoute mountains

Sketch: Room door and stool — Room door and stool

Sketch: Mosque on the hill, Chefchaouen — Mosque on the hill, Chefchaouen

Sketch: Heavy door, Tamnougalt — Heavy door, Tamnougalt

Sketch: Tamnougalt exercise — Tamnougalt exercise

Sketch: Garden wall, Tamnougalt — Garden wall, Tamnougalt

Sketch: 3 colour exercise at the river, Rose Valley — 3 colour exercise at the river, Rose Valley

Sketch: Safsaf oasis — Safsaf oasis

Sketch: Wee window in the desert — Wee window in the desert

Sketch: Atlas snows — Atlas snows

Sketch: Draa — Draa

Sketch: High Atlas watercolour — High Atlas watercolour
High Atlas, Morocco watercolour sketch

Sketch: Sand hills near M'Herch — Sand hills near M'Herch

Sketch: Rissani door — Rissani door

Sketch: Dades rock formations. — Dades rock formations.

Sketch: Winding road, Dades Valley — Winding road, Dades Valley

Sketch: Gateway — Gateway
Watercolour of old gateway, Tamnougalt

Moroccan kilims — Kilims

Sketch: Archway, Bhalil — Archway, Bhalil
Archway in inks

Sketch: Sunlight through broken door — Sunlight through broken door

Sketch: Along the Draa — Along the Draa

Sketch: Dwellings, Dades Valley — Dwellings, Dades Valley
Dades watercolour sketch

Sketch: Bhalil — Bhalil

Sketch: Mosque, Bhalil — Mosque, Bhalil

Sketch: Fossil hills, inks — Fossil hills, inks

Sketch: Moroccan sand dunes, watercolour — Moroccan sand dunes, watercolour

Sketch: Ermite del Santo — Ermite del Santo

Sketch: Ermite de Lourdes, La Gomera — Ermite de Lourdes, La Gomera

Sketch: San Sebastian from the harbour — San Sebastian from the harbour

Sketch: Roque Agando, La Gomera — Roque Agando, La Gomera

Sketch: Los Llanos street — Los Llanos street

Sketch: Barranco walk, balancing pine — Barranco walk, balancing pine

Sketch: Rugged Canaries — Rugged Canaries

Sketch: Old town, Santa Cruz — Old town, Santa Cruz

Sketch: Sketchbook page — Sketchbook page

Sketch: Ruin, El Cedro — Ruin, El Cedro

Sketch: Snowy summits — Snowy summits

Sketch: Verona arena - unfinished — Verona arena - unfinished

Sketch: Barn, Santa Croce — Barn, Santa Croce

Sketch: Barn and meadow, Corvara — Barn and meadow, Corvara

Sketch: Window box, Corvara — Window box, Corvara

Sketch: Window boxes — Window boxes

Sketch: Dolomites barn, La Villa — Dolomites barn, La Villa

Sketch: Gran Cir — Gran Cir

Sketch: Fast flowing stream, Corvara — Fast flowing stream, Corvara

Sketch: Late snows — Late snows

Sketch: Near Jimmy's hut — Near Jimmy's hut

Sketch: Piscadu falls — Piscadu falls

Sketch: City of Stones — City of Stones

Sketch: Sassongher — Sassongher

Sketch: Take a break — Take a break

Sketch: Cinque Torre & Averau from Lagazuoi - detail — Cinque Torre & Averau from Lagazuoi - detail

Sketch: Capana Alpina — Capana Alpina

Sketch: Shadows on Contarines — Shadows on Contarines

Sketch: White water Corvara — White water Corvara

Sketch: At Capana Alpina — At Capana Alpina

Sketching Italy — Above Corvara

Sketch: From Jimmi Hut — From Jimmi Hut

Sketch: Marmolada & meadows — Marmolada & meadows

Sketch: Suilven from Inverpolly — Suilven from Inverpolly

Sketch: Poolewe sketch — Poolewe sketch

Sketch: Suilven limited palette — Suilven limited palette

Sketch: Peaceful evening — Peaceful evening

Sketch: My rock, midsummer — My rock, midsummer

Sketch: Machrins beach, Colonsay — Machrins beach, Colonsay

Sketch: Achmelvich, Sutherland — Achmelvich, Sutherland

Sketch: Clashnessie — Clashnessie

Sketch: Ullapool — Ullapool

Sketch: Towards Coigach — Towards Coigach

Sketch: Spring birches — Spring birches

Sketch: Last snows, Quinag — Last snows, Quinag

Sketch: Scots pines — Scots pines

Sketch: Loch Assynt islet — Loch Assynt islet

Sketch: Ghost bridge — Ghost bridge

Sketch: Birches — Birches

Sketch: Inverpolly birches — Inverpolly birches

Sketch: Rosemarkie — Rosemarkie

Sketch: Tanjung Rhu — Tanjung Rhu

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