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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 1d

I've made greetings cards out of some of the earlier ones (Dartmoor Scenes, House Plants, Capital City Landmarks, Cornwall Landmarks, Exmoor Views) and also created 3 x 3 composites for printing as cards or framing (examples below). But I've not had much time to devote to this in recent weeks.

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 1d

The short timescale for completion is key for me. I can often squeeze a 30 minute painting session into my morning routine but can rarely find time to work on larger pieces. I've not really tried working on a larger piece over multiple days.

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 1d

You certainly may ask - it's nice to know that there are people out there enjoying my efforts!

Most of my miniature watercolour series pictures (e.g. the London Landmarks) are 5cm squares. They take me ~30 minutes to complete. I mostly paint from images I find online, sometimes from my own photos.

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 2d

London Landmarks 9-12

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #HamptonCourtPalace #BatterseaPowerStation #RoyalAlbertHall #GlobeTheatre

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 2d

London Landmarks 5-8

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #LondonEye #TowerofLondon #WestminsterAbbey #StPaulsCathedrsl

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 2d

London Landmarks 1-4

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #TowerBridge #BigBen #BuckinghamPalace #NelsonsColumn #TrafalgarSquare

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I have completed (for now at least) my series of London Landmarks miniature watercolour paintings, with No. 12, The Globe Theatre

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #GlobeTheatre

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 5d

Today's miniature watercolour is No. 11 in my London Landmarks series, The Royal Albert Hall... this was a fiddly one!

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #RoyalAlbertHall #Proms

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 6d

I'm still in an evening painting phase... and today my miniature watercolour is No. 10 in my London Landmarks series: Battersea Power Station

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #Battersea

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 7d

It's another evening miniature watercolour today, number 9 in my London Landmarks series - Hampton Court Palace

#art #painting #sketching #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #urbanlandscape #London #HamptonCourtPalace

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 8d

I had no time for a miniature painting this morning but I've managed to squeeze one in this evening instead! London Landmarks No. 8 - St Paul's Cathedral...

#art #painting #sketching #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #urbanlandscape #london #stpaulscathedral #stpauls #cathedral

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 9d

It's been a while since the previous one but at last here's the 7th miniature watercolour in my London Landmarks series: Westminster Abbey

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #London #Westminster #WestminsterAbbey

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 10d

Today provided a gorgeously warm and sunny, late September, Sunday morning walk around the Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve on the edge of Saltash...

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 11d

That's a symmetree if I am not mistaken...

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 14d

It was a pleasure to organise this trip and to take such a friendly and enthusiastic group of students down to Newquay for the day last Friday.

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 25d

Here's the next of my #London Landmarks miniature #watercolours, No. 6 - The Tower of London...

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolors #painting #drawing #sketching #urbanlandscape #urbanwatercolour #TowerofLondon #RiverThames

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 26d

...
however wide or deep the chasm, I can build a bridge
that even only spanning imagination offers a moment when
a step can be taken. Then, slowly, I
make progress once more, to come
closer to where I want to go and am able to
scream at the top of my voice: "So What? To hell with it."

Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 26d

...
The gears whirr noisily inside my head,
and The Controller shouts
"STOP. What if?"
"STOP. What if?"
again and again,
at the top of his voice.
...

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 26d

New blog post:

What If? So What?

A short poem about overcoming self-doubt or over-thinking that I wrote in December 2023

#poem #poems #poetry #self-doubt #doubt #confidence #self-confidence #overthinking #catastrophizing #action #growth

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 26d

A little late with today's miniature #watercolour #painting, No. 5 in my #London #Landmarks Series: a sunset view of the London Eye. I enjoyed doing this one - it was very quick and 'sketchy' with an interesting sky

#art #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #LondonEye #RiverThames #urbanlandscape

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 27d

New blog post:

Somerset Paintings - Part 1

A few words about our short-break staying in the #QuantockHills in #Somerset in June featuring quick pictures I painted there.

#art #painting #sketching #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolorsv #Kilve #Crowcombe

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Quantock Paintings – Part 1 #art

Driftwood Cafe, Blue Anchor, Somerset In recent summers we have take a series of summer holidays walking in the Yorkshire Dales – first in Swaledale (staying at Low Row near Reeth), then in W…

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 27d

Today's miniature #watercolour - #London Landmark No.4 - shows #NelsonsColumn and the #NationalGallery in #TrafalgarSquare. It was tricky to fit such a tall / thin feature onto a square of paper so there’s a lot of sky!

#art #painting #drawing #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #urbanlandscape

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 28d

New blog post

Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

Some thoughts on my somewhat underwhelming experience listening to the audiobook version of this classic children's novel

#reading #book #books #bookreview #SwallowsandAmazons #ArthurRansome

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Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome #reading

I listened to the audiobook of Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome’s classic novel for children during the period from late March through to early June this year. It was a fairly long proces…

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 28d

My tour of #London Landmarks continues today with this miniature #watercolour #painting of #BuckinghamPalace... so many windows!

#art #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #sketching #ink #urbanlandscape #LondonLandmarks

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Tim O'Hare @timohare.bsky.social · 29d

New blog post:

Mevagissey

A short description of how and why I came to paint a little picture of #Mevagissey in #Cornwall...

#art #painting #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #watercolour-painting
#landscape-painting #Kernow #harbour

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Mevagissey #art

I painted this little watercolour picture of Mevagissey harbour back in June. I was looking to paint a picture to use for a birthday card for the son of one of my wife’s best friends, and bro…

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