The Orbit - 1 Year On

"We lit up the flame, we lit up the world" ~~ Lord Coe (Chair of the London 2012 Organizing Committee)

It seems strange to think that one year, one day ago the Olympic Stadium in London was igniting with excitement of the world riding on it. It was only last night I was watching the Opening Ceremony on BBC 3, it even was trending on twitter, something that I never thought would happen one year on. So here it is, the Orbit done in watercolors.

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Charlotte Dujardin - London 2012

Before I start, sorry for the slight delay in uploading. But here it is, a watercolor of Charlotte Dujardin after she had won a gold in the dressage aboard her horse, Valegro at Horse Guards Parade.  She had previously also won a gold in the Team Dressage, with the likes of Laura Bechtolsheimer and Ben Maher. In the same, individual dressage  Laura Bechtolsheimer also won a medal, a bronze.

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Laura Trott - London 2012

To add to my collection of Olympians and Paralympians, here is Laura Trott, London 2012 for her was her debut Olympics. She competed in the Women's Team Pursuit (Cycling) with Dani King and Jo Rowsell with an outstanding, world record breaking time of 3:14:051. 

Laura also managed to add another gold medal to her collection with a gold in the Women's Omnium. 

To read more about Laura Trott, then visit this link to her profile on the BBC Sport website. 

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Jessica Ennis - London 2012

To go with my collection of London 2012 pictures, here is my latest. Done in watercolors, I hope you like this!I wasn't sure what Jessica Ennis' surname was since she got married, but congratulations to her anyway!!

Ellie Simmonds - London 2012 - (Updated)

This is my latest picture of Ellie Simmonds just after she collected her gold medal at last years Olympics. The pictures below show the painting, and some pictures from the olympics!! 

Lizzie Armitstead - London 2012 (Updated)

This is Lizzie Armitstead just after she won her silver medal at last years Olympic Games from the Women's Road Race, this was Team  GB's first Olympic medal, closely followed by Rebecca Adlington's bronze in the 400m freestyle.

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Iain Percy and Andrew - (Updated)

On the 11th May 2013, a silver medalist from London 2012, Andrew 'Bart' Simpson died after the catamaran that he was aboard capsized whilst he was training for America's cup.

So to tribute this I have done a watercolor of the pair sailing at last years games, just before they won their silver medals.

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David Florence - London 2012 canoe slalom (Updated)

Sticking with the London 2012 sporting theme this is a watercolour of David Florence competing in the Canoe Slalom at Lea Valley. He was so successful in the London 2012 olympics that he managed to bring home a silver medal in the men's canoe double (C2), he was paired with Richard Hounslow. I have also included some other pictures of the pair in action at the Games.

Going for gold! - Usain Bolt - London 2012 (Updated)

This is Usain Bolt competing at the London 2012 Olympic games about to win a gold. The picture quality has been updated so I hope you like it!

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Diamond Jubilee

I hope you have all had a fab new year and christmas and don't have too much snow! ❄⛄ This is an update for my diamond jubilee concert sketch, i am posting regular updates on my twitter feed: @claire_12heart with the hash tag #damondjubileeconcertsketch I hope you like it! This one obviously isn't finished though!!

The Conclusion of Summer 2012

The clocks go back tonight, we had snow this morning. Winter has officially made it's first mark! What an end to a very British summer of sport! London had the Olympics/Paralympics, as I'm sure many people found the Gamesmakers definitely made the games! Also Andy Murray's victory at the US Open and the runner up at Shanghai. Not forgetting the jubilee in June.

I've also updated a few of the pages to the right of this post so take a look and don't forget to leave me your comments!

I'm sure that you have probably heard on the news that Alex Partridge and Hannah Macleod had their bronze medals stolen, Hannah's has been recovered but Alex's hasn't yet, if you know anything contact crimestoppers on 0800555111. The medals were stolen after visiting the Queen, at a nightclub in Mayfair (London). Alex Partridge had his Team GB jacket stolen which had his bronze medal in, this has been returned, its just the medal that needs to be returned. If found hand it in to your local police station or  anonymously to: GB Rowing Hammersmith.

http://www.london24.com/news/crime/alex_partridge_issues_new_plea_over_stolen_london_2012_bronze_medal_1_1672466

The Olympic Park

This is the Olympic Stadium with Orbit, apparently a potential british "Eiffel Tower" I don't know what they are doing with the Olympic Park after the games so I thought I should capture the park as it is in the year of the games (2012).

Day 1 Opening Ceremony

Ahead of tonight's big event, this is the first of my olympic picture a day challenge. This particular picture is pen and watercolour, hope you like it!

My Olympic Plan

And no I'm not in the Olympics! Every day during the Olympics (27th July-12th August) I will attempt to add some kind of art work capturing each day of the Olympics, along with the artwork I wi try to add information, hopefully to make some interesting reading:) To give you an idea of what I MIGHT do check out my page ----> where I have a day-day guide of the olympics!


Enjoy!

P.S I'd love to see some of your attempts, emailed to clairesart123@live.co.uk

Olympic Velodrome

I am in the process of doing a sketch of the Olympic velodrome which I shall be adding once it has been finished,but I thought that while you are waiting I would keep you busy with some facts about the Olympic Velodrome.

Capacity: 6,000
Event: Cycling

The Olympic stadium was designed with the help of the GB gold medallist Sir Christ Hoy. The velodrome is situated in the North of the Olympic Park. After the games the venue will form part of the VeloPark scheme along with the BMX track after the games.


Reworded information from the Official London 2012 Book

Olympic Park

In the run up to the Olympics I thought I would sketch the Olympic Park, I sketched it using a pure 6B graphite pencil (from the WHSmiths Sketching Set (half price =))) the picture was from the official London 2012 Book (also half price from WHSmiths :))