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

St Malo,France

Hello again! This time this is from inside the intra muros so I hope you like it!!

St Malo is on the Brittany coast next to the ferry port- you can get a ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo in 10 hours on Brittany Ferries, that's what we did summer 2012, which was REALLY good! No delays. We went on the overnight sailing on the way out to St Malo then the daytime sailing on the way back. Check out the brittany ferries website here- http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/quote-book?gclid=CI6T1q3ysLMCFUfJtAodOmYA2w

Just a reminder..

If you would like to take part in any competitions or contact me then email clairesart123@live.co.uk or leave a comment on any of the posts!

St Malo - France

Intramuros- Basically the walled city. We went there for our summer holiday this year via Brittany Ferries. The only bad point about it was that I really want to go again!

Kingfisher's Lunch

As I promised, watercolour painting. Taken from the latest Countryfile magazine- I hope you like it! (Picture taken using the iPad so excuse the slightly blurred image)!

An Apology...

Sorry to keep you waiting for another picture, I'm working on a couple currently and I will upload them hopefully this weekend. In the meantime I have made a couple of alterations to the "pages" the menu shown to the left of this post so take a look. Also feel free to post comments or requests anywhere on my blog, thank you!

Also I hope you enjoyed the great british summer!

Competition Time!

Right all you have to do is answer the following question, post your answers below in the comments!


How much does it cost to get all the equipment and materials to take up watercolour painting, with adequate ,good quality materials?

THE PRIZE: Yet to be decided!😃 But probably something to do with my pictures.

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).

The sometimes ugly face of Britain!

Only Joking :-) In the run up to London 2012 I thought I would do a couple of "British" pictures. This one of a bulldog stood in front of a Union Jack was done using watercolours and a standard HB pencil.

The Bulldog has a lifespan of 8-12 Years and there are characterised by their squashed in face. Unfortunately the British Bulldog suffered, when people started to use selective breeding to create Bulldogs with super squashed in faces, this caused the Bulldog to suffer nasal and severe breathing problems!

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!

The Start of the Olympics!

Today we start off with the womens football at Cardiff also the other football stadiums across the UK. Feel free to leave comments at the bottom of each, daily post across the Olympics about what you have been doing, events that you have watched, either on the TV or in person! Also let us know if you are seeing the last few days of the Olympic torch relay across London.

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 :))