These beautiful gardens at Stourhead are enchanting and when you walk around the lake you are drawn to the light and shadows on the lake. “By the lake”Sams art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged England gardens lake light monochrome original painting shadows stourhead watercolour wiltshire on 15/07/2015 by Sampoppy
Suttle sky where a pale golden light streak appears over the soft hills of dorset. “Soft hills of dorset” Sams art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged dorset England hills landscape light original sky watercolour on 15/07/2015 by Sampoppy
“Immediately before her was the large smooth mill pond,over full ……… “The water was stealing away like Time” “The trumpet major” by Thomas Hardy,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged dorset England hardy major poem quote swanage the thomas trumpet on 15/07/2015 by Sampoppy
The water spills over into the mill stream which winds it’s way gently through the streets below and into the sea. “The water spills over”by Lin Adams ,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged dorset England flowing history mill pond sea spills stream swanage water on 15/07/2015 by Sampoppy
Tucked away on a hill behind the bustle of Swanage town centre and holiday makers seeking fish and chips we find the Mill pond.Still, quiet and unchanged for hundreds of years. “The mill pond “by Lin Adams,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged discover dorset England historical mill old pond swanage tree water weeping willow on 15/07/2015 by Sampoppy
Looking across the water from Arne it was a calm earthy view that I wanted to reflect back into my scene. “Looking across the water”Sams art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged arne dorset earthy England estuary monochrome original purbecks reflect scene small view warm water watercolour on 14/07/2015 by Sampoppy
I wanted pretty tranquil colours in this scene inspired by the Dorset countryside . “Pink and blue”Lins art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged blue countryside dorset England original painting pink scene on 14/07/2015 by Sampoppy
Mum and I go down to the dorset heath a lot we just can’t resist as the landscape is so different to north dorset . “Down on the heath”Sams art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged dorset England heath landscape monochrome original painting purbecks watercolour on 13/07/2015 by Sampoppy
“Purbeck light” Sams art, The light shone bright over the hills of the Purbecks in dorset. This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged hills landscape light monochrome original painting purbecks watercolour on 12/07/2015 by Sampoppy
When we arrived at Studland beach we sat outside the national trust cafe and watched the tide going out .With the sky full of rich earthy colours reflecting sutterly on the sea and beach. “When the tide goes out” Sams art,This entry was posted in Art Journey and tagged beach dorset earthy England light original reflective sea sky studland tide watched water watercolour on 11/07/2015 by Sampoppy