Watercolours from Saffron Walden

These watercolours are all based on a visit to Saffron Walden and especially the Bridge End gardens, which are beautiful. I found the lemon plants in one of the greenhouses in the gardens. They were the starting point for the still life painting.

Saffron Walden has a beautiful old town and is well worth a visit.

My paper of choice these days is Saunders Waterford Rough High White. It is very sympathetic to my brush strokes and a high quality paper. I am also using my Jackson squirrel brush a lot more and love the marks it can make. Another recent addition is the Pro Arte Connoisseur size 12 brush, which replaces an older one I had for many years and was very happy with. It lost a few bristles at first, which concerned me, but it seems to have settled down now.

Urban Fox

Have you noticed how many more urban foxes there are now than there were a few years ago? They have become regular visitors to my back garden, where on one summer night, I watched three fox cubs chasing each other around the lawn.

My husband spotted this one earlier last year, basking in the sunshine in the middle of the day. It made a great painting subject.