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Playing in the garden today (I have my own rock face) glorious day to throw some paint about and scribble some marks. #inmysketchbook #dailysketch #naturesketch #rockit #markmaking #fudepen #artgecko #pleinair (at Saint-Pons, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/Bw7eToshcmi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uc8okqxxmmjh

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Some quick sketches from this mornings short soggy walk, took 3 caran d'ache and grey ink fude with me, in my pocket with my A6 sketchbook. #plipplop went the rain #scribble went I #enjoysketching #dailysketch #loosesketch #jinhao #judastree #pink (at Saint-Pons, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BwrdLlQB7fa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8vmiz6jnj9un

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More people #peoplewatching #inmysketchbook #oneweek100people2019 #penandwash #travelsketch #sketchaday https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BwWMFxSBZTK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7v0dfqiurrqg

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The week of sketching people is nearly over, spying, furtive glances, undercover in the car, it really is a bit ridiculous #oneweek100people2019 #Penandwash #sketchingpeople #peoplewatching #inmysketchbook https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BwK3Y9FhJLl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nbvyqe9q26l5

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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. Watery watercolours. #pleinair #watercolor #seascapes #sketchbook #blue #ink #artisticramblingsonfacebook #expressyourself #water #sea (at Portballintrae Beach) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BwAmc7Jh8ez/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zja28fy659jq

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Bob, bob, bobbing, nice change from buildings to boats. #usk #boatsketch #sittingonthedockofthebay #attheport #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #causewaycoast (at Portballintrae) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BvugplYhoO0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1874ftqwjgond

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In Northern Ireland I go painting with a group called Art alfresco, well they paint and I sketch. Hurray for sketching, the others are water colourists and oil painters and I used to paint in acrylics which I could never get comfortable with Plein air. #usk #urbansketching #penandwash #traveljournal #carnetdevoyage #northernireland #fountainpensketch (at Carrickfergus) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BvkMLrdnpRU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bxt50lge4rk3

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Oh so pleasant sketching in the sunshine - so it won't be happening today, dull, dull, dull. With sun comes shadows, tree shadows are a right pain in the neck. #urbansketching #uskfrance #penandwash #fountainpen #sailorfude #frenchhouses #alittlerayofsunshine #dalerrowney optima mixed media pad - my favourite sketch paper (at Ploërmel) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BvZD2cAhG5w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ujetbofekjua

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Vessels #inksketch #nest honest I didn't look #gowiththeflow #sketchbook (at France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BvJ4tGhhWgM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fk6lvbuy7ayk

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We were driving along the motorway and I was sketching the tree lines when I became aware of the number of nests - lots of little vessels. #artisticramblings #naturesketching #blindsketching #markmaking #fountainpensketch #passingby (at France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BvJ4dl1h4l6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=199meyqqt1w34

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It's been a while since I've walked around the graveyard, I've probably photographed this ceramic wreath before. So beautiful. But it would be a bit weird to have them in your garden?but OK on a pretty bedroom wall? Maybe? #flowers #ceramic #beautyinunusualplaces #wreath #artisticramblings #isitok (at Saint-Pons, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/Bu8PBMMHlSS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wqli7k3j97ql

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Who remembers Parsley the friendly lion? We found a very friendly lion on a walk around a disused marble quarry, now looking for someone to do a heist so I can have him in my garden - just a teeny bit big. #lion #sculpture #sculpturewalk #parsleythefriendlylion #marble #aude #minervois #randonnee #artinthelandscape (at Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/Bux1ITZnXNz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xc2ndg59wofg

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'Reach for the sky - da, da, da, dada, dada' or 'Hands up, baby, hands up - da, da, dada....' #sclub7 #ottawan Well that's what these photos say to me - obviously. #dada #walkinginsunshine #churchgraffiti (at Europe) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BuonajEhZKq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16u37joc1gz82

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Changed my mind and went for green #mark making #patterns #abstractart #friedgreeneggs #inksketching #fastandloose #itsalovelyday (at Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BujXEzMBvFB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1drj4e2r98uat

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Soooo happy not urban sketching, everyday for a month - enough already. Maybe a whole month without urban sketching? I might get the shakes. Right I'm off to play with lilac ink.... #markmaking #happysketching #loosethreads #aquapen #inthepink #ink #artisticramblingsonfacebook (at Languedoc-Roussillon, France) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BujJ9KkBkrP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16p9n38pwkhm7

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Reflections and shadows, bamboo and eucalyptus in Coimbra botanic gardens. And blue sky. #palmhouse #trees #portugal #morehillstoclimb (at Coimbra, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BuFEamKBQJi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k5hcy5aqr4l3

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Teeny tiny Porto backstreet, finding places I haven't been before. #exploring #colour #visitporto #doors #paint (at Porto District) https://www.instagram.com/barbacni/p/BuCiyckhozY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pi0al7d80kxe