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Anita Cashmore's Artwork

Painting influenced by Pamela Harnios - 18th March 2026

Painting influenced by
Pamela Harnios this was done by layering up watercolour paints, the only sketch done was the horizon line where the sky met the sea.
I had many feelings whilst doing this piece, started off too confident thinking it was going to be a masterpiece, the more I added the worse it got. Then at one time I nearly scrapped it. But I'm not a quitter so carried on regardless. After finishing it in class I still wasn't that keen on it so had a little play with the sky using water soluble oil pastels. I'm actually quite pleased with the result.

Jug and pears 21st Jan 2026 Gouache

This piece was done in gouache. Firstly, I Lightly sketched the vase and pears then covered the background with a mix of red orange and yellow gouache, next I painted the vase with cerulean blue mixed with white. Making it lighter in certain area's by adding a paler blue I added a little more white to achieve this. The pears were done using lemon and orange with a scumbling movement. A little green was smudged over to give the overall look.

Cup and lemon - Acrylic - 7th Jan 2026

I really enjoyed this piece of work.
Firstly the canvas was covered roughly with raw seinna and burnt umber and allowed to dry.
I Lightly sketched the mug and lemon with a chalk pencil.
The back ground is a mixture or ultramarine, raw umber yellow ochre and black. The mug was mainly black and ultramarine. The lemon was done in lemon yellow, orange and white using a small brush using small stippling strokes.

Landscape after Edward Seago 26/11/25

Enjoyed doing this task.
Lightly sketched buildings and fore ground.
The paper used was an expensive 200lb watercolour paper but it still buckled while I was working on it, but when it dried it was fine.
The whole paper was wetted using just water and then a wash of yellow ochre was put all over it, allowing it to dry slightly I did the sky with colbot blue, paynes grey and a mere hint of crimson. Buildings were then added using black, sepia, burnt umber and crimson. Finished off using a very light was of sap green.

Glass of wine 19/11/25

Went through quite a few different feelings about this painting as I progressed with it, I didn't think it would end quite as well.
Various layers were used allowing to dry in-between none of the original colours used even show through the background colours. A wine glass was lightly drawn with a white chalk pencil. Then the wine was added using a plethora of Various tones of red, white blue black and grey.

In the style of Ron Lawson 5/11/25

In the first week, I bought a limited palette with only the suggested colours. And your opening statement use any colour you want make it your own......
I very lightly sketched the foreground and house, and left the mountains to do freehand with gouache; details were added with fine liners. A few twinkling stars were added using a white Sharpie.
Later in the afternoon I decided it needed a moon, so I wet tissue wrapped it around a £2 coin and lifted some gouache off the paper. That's the beauty of gouache it really constitutes whenever water is applied.

Cheetah 22nd October 2025

Didn't really know where to start! With a chalk pencil, eraser, and black card in hand, let's go. I lightly sketched a random outline of a cheetah with a chalk pencil, then started with the ear on the right-hand side, using tiny, thin lines to work my way across the face. It took a while for the image to appear. It took most of the session to get there, approximately 2 1/2 hours. But when your age 2+ granddaughter comes in and says Lovely tiger nan I thought 🤔 what a compliment, and tiger is fine by me.

Plockton in the style of Ron Lawson mixed media - 15th October 2025

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Firstly sketched out the scene in pencil, then details were added in with waterproof fine liners. Then various watercolour washes were used, starting with ultramarine and paynes I did the mountain range. Grasses were done with various greens and yellow ochre. The sea was done with ultramarine and indigo. The sky was a night mare using gouache colbot blue, yellow and white mixed together. It took a few attempts still wasn't right in the end I added mauve, yellow in tiny blobs and brushed it though forgetting that gouache re constitutes it self when more paint is added. I finished off by doing rock edges. Chalk was used to add reflection on the water.

Landscape after Matty Burnham - 1st October 2025

I love Matty Burnham.
I love everything about his work that I've seen so far, love the muted tones and the simplicity of it all, it's like less is more.
This is the second attempt, as I used too much ink on the first and had to ditch it halfway through, as I couldn't disguise the mountain range and grasses in the foreground. I Lightly sketched image, then after applying washes of colour allowing them to dry in-between built up the intensity, paynes grey, yellow ocre, colbot blue, violet and indigo were used. I just mixed them randomly on a palette. The only true colour is cobalt blue, which I applied wet on wet for the sky and blotted most of it off with tissue to form the clouds.

After Peter Sheeler - Sept 2025

Peter Sheeler is an artist whose work I love.
I love the simplicity of his work.
Both sketches were done lightly in a soft pencil. Details were added using a fine liner. The first one was then shaded by just using a soft lead pencil.
The second was then done by using only one colour which was Payne's grey, by letting the layers dry then adding deeper shades of the same colour we achieved many different shades of grey.

Rose in pastels

last one for this term really enjoyed doing it sketched outline with chalk pencil on pastel matte, and then used pastel pencils and some chalk pastels . Over all fair job.
Looking forward to more pastel work in the future.

Irises' in pastel

The paper used was Claire Fontaine Pastelmat.
This is the best paper for working with pastels, it has a very slight texture to it, which allows the pastel to adhere to it.
A white chalk pencil was used to sketch out the irises and foliage. Various shades of blue and purple were used to do the petals. Different greens and yellows were used for stems and foliage. White, yellow, and orange were used to highlight the centre of the Iris.
I used pastel pencils and soft pastel blocks. Not my best work but we have only used pastel colours a few times.

After Ron Lawson

In the style of Rob Lawson
I have really enjoyed the last two tasks inspired by the above artist. Mixed media.
Lightly sketched and details put in with waterproof fine liners. Various shades of olive green were used on the grass slopes colour achieved by mixing black and lemon yellow. Colbot blue and ultra marine blue were used for sea. Gouache Sky was very random don't even know what colours I used green blue white.
2nd one was done in the same way only using orange, yellow and white.
I really like the finished results of the work done over the last 2 weeks

Mixed media

Mixed media
Watercolour, fine liner, and gouache
I enjoyed doing this as I think most of the class did.
Started with 7"X7" good quality water colour paper.
Sketched out the image on a pencil, then used fine liners to highlight the detail.
Black and lemon yellow were used to make olive green and more black was added to give various tones of green. Ultramarine was used on the boat, roof, and sea.
The house was done using the technique wet on wet. Tiny amounts of Ultramarine and crimson were used to give a very subtle effect of rendering.
I like the finished painting.

Jar in watercolour

Glass Jar
This was done over a 2 week period. Lightly sketched and watercolour paint was used and was left to dry between layering up to intensify the colours. I quite like the finished painting it has a dramatic effect with the darkness and then the vibrant popping of the orange.

Birch Wood forest

Week One
I enjoyed doing this acrylic task.
The canvas was covered using a raw sienna wash. When dry I Then sketched the basic tree shapes.
Sky and mountains were added, and various shades of green were added to the foreground.
Week Two
Cad yellow, lemon yellow, and yellow ochre were randomly dabbed around and behind the trees to become the foliage. The birch trees were done with a light wash, allowing them to dry between layers, using Paynes grey mixed with white. Neat Paynes grey was used to add the details of the bark, using a fine brush and the side of a plastic bank card. When dry, a rigger brush was used with black to produce the twiggy branches.

Graphite drawing

This was done on Bristol Board
Sketched roughly, then various hardness of graphite pencils were used to achieve the different shades. I mainly used 4b and 6b graphite sticks. The different effects are made using various strokes, i.e., hatching, and scribbling. The pressure you use gives you various textures. An eraser is used to highlight areas on the buildings and path. I enjoyed doing this but care is needed not to smudge your work.

Charcoal portrait of Spaniel

JENIGE is the name I gave my effort at charcoal spaniel (just enough is good enough).
This was done on Bristol Board. At first, I thought this paper would be too smooth for the charcoal to adhere to, but it wasn't. It was excellent. I used willow charcoal sticks starting around the eyes and nose area and building up around. Charcoal pencils were used for finer details, and a putty eraser lifted excess charcoal off, leaving lighter areas.
I ended up with a fair representation of a miserable-looking dog. I did a little adjusting at home to try and make her look a little happier.

Pastel Bird

Using a Clairefontaine pastel mat and pastel pencils, the outline was done with a white pencil. I struggled a little with the shape, and Rob pointed me in the right direction. Once happy with the shape I then coloured it in finally the background was done using very soft pastel sticks.
Birds are not my favorite subject but I am pleased with the overall result.

Duck

The duck was sketched lightly on a smooth watercolor paper, then some of the details were added using a black waterproof black fine liner.
Burnt umber, raw sienna and green were used to add colour. By adding water to the paints they become lighter shades of the original colours, I also blotted the paint with tissue,this gives it a mottled effect. Once the paint was dry black fine liners were used again to add more detail.

Scotish Harbour - Acrylic

Week 1
This acrylic painting was done over a two week session.
Firstly the board was covered completely in burnt sienna and Naples yellow. When dry
a rough sketch was done using a waterproof fine liner.
The sky was done using blue, and yellow bit of white making a duck egg blue a little pink was added giving it a bit of warmth.
The sun was done using Naples yellow and white. Paynes grey black and white were used applying with a flat brush using random strokes to do the water in the fore ground. Orange was also used to make a start on the sun's reflection.
Week 2
White was used on some of the houses, browns,burnt umber red made up the harbour wall.
The boats were added using a mix of various colours already mentioned.
Finer details were added on the boats using a white acrylic pen, and lines on the water were done with black acrylic using a very fine brush.
Overall pleased with the end result

Wild flowers - Acrylic

This was another 2 week task done in acrylic.
Week 1
The canvas was completely covered with paint
Burnt umber, raw sienna, orange and lemon yellow. When dry the back ground was then added staring with sky various blues clouds were done starting with white but adding blues and a pink to give a natural shadows. Using various colours of greens, browns the fore ground was done.
Week 2
This is where the fun began. A wide spectrum of colours were used, and using a small brush petals were formed using small strokes dashes etc. For some of the petals I used 2 colours on the brush at the same time giving a dual colour effect. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this task.
I had experimented using tape and leaving a border around as in week 1 but it did nothing for the overall finish so I cut it off.

Acrylic skies

Rather an interesting start to this terms tasks.
An A4 sheet of acrylic paper was covered with browns, oranges and yellows. Gently blended together to give a wood effect. Once dried low tack tape was used to divide the paper into 2, this will later become frames for
2 paintings.
Both paintings are similar but show different skies.
Haven't used acrylics for a while and enjoyed the tasks. I didn't do any pre sketching just straight in with brush. I enjoyed these challenges as I usually paint on a bigger scale.

House on the prairie

This was done on A3 acrylic paper, last task decided go big then go home. Burnt sienna wash was done and allowed to dry, pencil sketches the clouds and homestead. Don't think big was the way to go as I Had to finish it at home as I ran out of time. I hated the clouds so I blanked them out with a layer of blue and started them again bit better. House was done in white with a little blue added. Quite pleased with the end result but would like to master the clouds using acrylic paints

Cottage by the pond

Firstly I sketched basic outline in pencil,then added more detail with black fineliner. Cobalt blue was used to block sky and pond. Ultramarine blue and burnt umber were mixed for tree bark and I mixed various shades to get different greens. Cottage was done using white with the smallest amount of blue, the shade on the side of cottage was Payne's grey. I felt the pond lacked something so I added some reeds.

Winters Here (But it's June!)

his acrylic task was inspired by Steve Hall.

Firstly I sketched the outline in pencil then went over it with a permanent fine liner. Then using a burnt sienna wash the whole canvas was covered and left to dry.
Sky and clouds were added by scumbling with Ceruleum blue (sky) clouds were various colours white, beige. Lilac.
Then trees were done using blue, burnt sienna black .
Snow is actually done by using white,blue,lilac and beige. A rigger brush was used to do branches and a Fineliner used to do twigs.
I finely used structure gel and white to give clouds some texture. Overall I think I pulled it off, half way through I thought I'd blown it.

Pastel landscape after Steve Hall

Pastel is definitely not easy, there is definitely a skill in doing it.
I have enjoyed doing the last 3 task's. My pastel matte was a wine colour, lightly sketched in chalk pencil then sky was done in 3s shades of blue leaving area clear for clouds.
Blending is done by firmly rubbing in circular movements. Clouds were done with white cream lilac. The landscape was done using pastel pencils finer details were added using a black pencils.
The biggest problem is not having the right shades and poor quality pastels.

View to serenity!

This has got to be the worst painting I have ever done.
BUT when viewed from a distance it is quite appealing in a certain light when viewed the light appears to shine through the windows on to the floor and gives the painting a depth that's gives a feel good factor. But close up it is raw, rough and looks like something I would have done in childhood. But it's NOT making it's way to the bin

Aberystwyth

This is my attempt at aberystwyth.
Had to do this project over 2 pages so I took 2x A4 watercolor paper and joined them together with gummed picture tape. Then I lightly pencil sketched the building's etc and applied water colour wash allowing to dry between layers so building up the tones. Stuck couple of birds in sky and few people here and there to make it my own . Overall quite pleased with finished result

Old cottage - Ink and watercololur

Only A single color was required. Loosely sketched the picture I then added more detail with a black waterproof fine liner I then
Started by mixing a very light watercolor wash. I chose Violet,then adding a little more Violet a bit at a time deeper tones were added building up various shades. The fine liner was then used to add more detail.
I really enjoyed doing this painting it was very relaxing.

Snow scene - watercolour

Forgot about this one . Really love the finished result,it's tranquil and calm. It was really pleasurable to do.

This water colour was inspired by artist Micheal Solovyev

Lightly sketched the building outline and roughly sketched the foreground bushes. Very light colour washes were then applied allowing some to dry in-between layers others colours were achieved by using wet on wet method. I really enjoyed the task and my painting has a bit of a Mediterranean feel to it. Colours are nothing like the original but I like the finished painting.

Taj Mahal Influenced by Jeremy Ford

I loved the tranquility of this painting. And the relaxing way painting it made me feel.
From the beginning it had a no pressure feel good factor.

Firstly I used a colour wash of four colours
Pale Blue
Raw Sienna
Pale Crimson
Pale Cadmium Orange
This was applied quickly in layers allowing colours to bleed into each other and allowed to dry.
I then did a rough sketch of the Taj Mahal on the horizon then painted the building using a blend of the blue and crimson . The rest was applied using a mix of the other colours. Trial and error.
I am really pleased with the overall result. It oozes peace and tranquility.