Here are the postcards I painted for the class project - based on a few trips made by a friend and myself to visit attractions in our local county of Northamptonshire, UK (which we affectionately nickname “The Shire”). These were all painted after the fact from reference photographs I took - I couldn’t expect someone to wait for me to get arty whilst out on a walk :D

 

1. Delapre Abbey walled garden, plus woodlands (which much to our surprise was hosting a dinosaur exhibit!!)

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2. The moat and remains of the house at Lyveden New Bield

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3. Mears Ashby hall and views of Sywell reservoir 

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These last 2 are my favourites - I think I did a nice job of framing the scene in these two!