Michael Gage

Painting in Ashdown Forest today. Early clouds cleared, but the strong wind made it too cold to get out of the car. These were all painted from the front seat, sketchpad resting on the steering wheel.



B2026 near Chuck Hatch, looking south.



Near Old Lodge, looking north.



From Chuck Hatch, looking north-east.

Each watercolour and ink on paper, approx 30 x 23 cm.

The Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition is at the Menier Gallery, London until 13 October 2011.
I've four prints in the exhibition, including my Sissinghurst print, which won "The Award for a Highly Commended Print".

We've been out with the sketchbooks again, at last. On the way to Denbies to collect the pictures at the end of the Croydon Art Society exhibition, we stopped at Polesden Lacey, a National Trust country house in the Surrey Hills.



Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm.

Even in mid-September, there were still roses in bloom. A few too many people pretending not to look at my drawing as they walked past, so I found another spot hidden by thick hedges.


Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm.

As the sky got darker and threatened rain, the visitors started to disappear, so I was able to find a bench closer to the house, and drew undisturbed.



Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm.

After we'd collected the pictures from Denbies, we drove back over Box Hill. At last, the sun came out, and so one more sketch of the view looking south completed the day.



Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm.

Lewes castle from the Paddock.




Bull House, Lewes: Between 1768 and 1774, it was the home of revolutionary writer Tom Paine.

Each: Three block linocut, 10 x 10 cm.

Another steep hill to climb.




Three block linocut, 10 x 10 cm.

Not just squares.



Three block linocut, 13 x 10 cm.
This is the view from the steep road up to Lewes Golf Club, looking south down the A26 towards the coast.

Linocuts, hand coloured.