Given the autumn like weather we are experiencing at the moment, I thought I would re blog this post to remind us all that summer is just around the corner………
The following images are from one of the many sketchbooks I have filled over the years. They show moments in my life when I was sitting in warm summer sunshine…doing what I enjoy most …which is to commune with nature and paint.
Waterlilies painted at Monet’s Garden, Giverny.
A special July 4th spent with fellow artists Mariethe Salort and Bonnie Halsey Dutton at Couriers sur Sein, France. Watercolour/gouache.
Looking down onto the rooftops of Geberoy, France and across the beautiful countryside of Picardie. watercolour/gouache.
Houses in Geberoy, Picardie. Watercolour/gouache.
Monet’s garden at Giverny, France. A very special moment when I was sitting alone in the garden on a beautiful early summer’s evening. watercolour/gouache.
From a boat in the harbour at Kinsale, Ireland. watercolour/gouache
From Conca dei Marini on the magnificent Amalfi Coast, Italy. watercolour/goache.
It’s always lovely to re visit my sketchbooks, because they take me back to a moment in time.
Clearly during all these moment, the hummingbirds were weaving their magic.
A Bientôt
My Life as an Artist (2) 
Simply beautiful Janet. Each one fascinating and delightful ❤
Thank you, Gil:)
All are lovely! I think the hummingbirds are magical 🙂
Thank you:)
Delicious work. I particularly like the one of Couriers sur Sein.
Thank you, Sarah:)
All of these are so vivacious and vibrant, but a special thanks for the burst of light on my retina as provided by those waterlilies. Good as a tonic, Janet. I think they are probably anti-oxidant activated too.
Thank you, Tish….I love this comment:):)
Janet, each one is so vibrant and beautiful. I wish I were there! Hummingbird hugs. 🙂
Thank you, Teagan…we all need to be reminded of the warmth of summer sun and all the colour that comes with it:)x
How lovely to see such vibrancy and warmth while the snow falls here….xxx
Thank you, Dina….wont be too long before the colour is back again, and the warmth:)xxx
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Thank you so much for re blogging this, Mark.
I love these pictures!
Good, that makes me very happy:)x
Sketchbooks are one of my very favorite ways to get a closer sense of an artist’s real personality. These are absolutely exquisite and powerful and deeply moving—yes, seeing them is just like a heart-to-heart visit with you! Extraordinary work from an extraordinary woman.
❤
Kathryn
Good morning, Kathryn – thank you so much for your lovely comment…it really is much appreciated:) Have a wonderful day.xxx
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We are enjoying wall to wall spring sunshine in London so am re blogging these images from different sketchbooks. All the sketches remind me of very special moments. Janet
They all are perfect illustrations of what seem to be very special moments. Thanks for sharing them, Janet! I wouldn’t be able to choose only one.
Thank you Olga. x
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amazing color
Thank you 🙂
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Thank you so much for the re blog:)
Oh Janet, really awesome works! Thanks so much for sharing and congrats for this wonderful site. ❤
Thank you so much —- I really appreciate your comments and am so pleased that we have connected in blog land. Have a wonderful holiday season…janet. x
Oh Janet, my mother tongue is not the english but I adore your definition ‘blog land’ Simply wonderful! Happy holidays for you too. Xoxo
I will be thinking of you sketching during the holidays. I have just primed a big canvas….ready to begin the year, and of course, I have my sketch books at hand. So glad you like my strange English:) See you in 2016. Janet. xxx
Dear Janet I can imagine the big canvas awaiting all the actions of your paintbrush I’m sure this will be a funny masterpiece. Thanks for your comment😚😘😙