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Bob Petcher
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Bruce
6” x 10” Watercolour. Bruce who we only had for a year but what a year. He loved a set of curtains to run up and rarely left my side. ...
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Bob Petcher
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Alex
It is many years since we lost Alex but I can remember him well. I set out go sketch him as I remembered him, sitting in the sunshine in...
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Bob Petcher
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Toby
I’m not sure how I managed to get this done, laid flat on our sofa with one of my current cats lying on my lap. The sketchbook was held...
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Bob Petcher
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Dare To Be Different
When I began to work with Pen and Wash, I searched for the smoothest, brightest White surface that I coul find. Bristol Board gave the...
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Bob Petcher
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Another Sketch of the Magistrate’s Building, York
Although I was really happy with my first drawing of this wonderful example of Victorian architecture, I wanted to try it again for two...
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Bob Petcher
- Jan 10
- 1 min
A challenge
Since acquiring my Fude nib pen last month I have tried various experiments: I have created sketches by first doing a pencil guide and...
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Bob Petcher
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Experimenting With the Fude
I am really enjoying the interesting variations in line that you can achieve with a Fude nib pen. By way of experiment, I revisited a...
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Bob Petcher
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
To Colour or Not to Colour
When I have done the initial drawing for a painting, I am often tempted to just leave it at that. Indeed, my family always urge me to...
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Bob Petcher
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
A Favourite Piece
In October of this year and, although I am not a particularly religious person, I was totally entranced by the Minster in York. For this...
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Bob Petcher
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Fast and Loose
My sketchbook pieces are some of my favourite works because they are generally done just for me and my wife as mementoes of a time or...
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Bob Petcher
- Oct 5, 2022
- 1 min
A Sketch While I Waited
I was about to start painting when my wife needed a lift to the doctors. As it looked like I was in for a bit of a wait I grabbed an 8b...
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Bob Petcher
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
Adventures with Pen & Wash sketching
My followers on social media will be aware that I’ve been exploring Pen and Wash sketching recently with architectural images that have...
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Bob Petcher
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
More Moleskine
I love sketching in my Moleskine sketchbook because these little sketches are done just for me. Sometimes they give me reference for...
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Bob Petcher
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Another Sketch
This won’t make it onto the website for sale but people seem to like my sketchbook work. I was trying out new Inktense paints that I...
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Bob Petcher
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
More Sketchbook Work
A sketch in the A5 Moleskine from my trip to the Lake District. A last minute dash to a cash machine gave me this view in a Keswick...
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Bob Petcher
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
Experimenting With Abstracts
Watercolour is probably my favourite medium. Always exciting and unpredictable. You never know how the water and paint will react with...
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Bob Petcher
- Apr 24, 2022
- 1 min
Another Sketch
The Moleskine is filling up nicely with this watercolour of boats at Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast.
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Bob Petcher
- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
Illusions with Watercolour
Things I should’ve left alone
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