https://www.lesleywilliamsartist.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-10-31 https://www.lesleywilliamsartist.com/blog/art-collaboration monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/274f6598-a691-437b-a735-c3107a42170c/IMG_1765.jpg Blog - Art Collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/f7b79d3c-4094-4cba-a65a-6d7478b17a4f/IMG_1246.JPG Blog - Art Collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/f9c47742-7bc5-4207-a2ee-b885e2fd0164/IMG_1501.jpg Blog - Art Collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lesleywilliamsartist.com/blog/more-abstraction monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/2f126e5a-efcb-4011-9b04-37263f5b8cbc/IMG_1412+%281%29.jpg Blog - More abstraction - Make it stand out This first one is completely abstract, but heavily influenced by my attachment to the sea and coastal areas. Within it I can see areas which might be harbourside buildings, areas of sky, sea and reflection in water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/b9a9ea32-ff75-4042-8061-66ff96b39195/IMG_1401+%281%29.jpg Blog - More abstraction - Make it stand out ‘Coastal Planes’ led on from lots of sketches made in St Ives in Cornwall and a series of much smaller paintings I did. I hope it gives a sense of the light and sense of calm in this beautiful little town, even though depicting an abstract view of the many crowded buildings around the harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/0afa3f4d-6aef-4253-a9f0-3ff9544dc513/IMG_1452+%281%29.jpg Blog - More abstraction - Make it stand out This followed on, playing with perspective even more by distorting it and ignoring the ‘rules’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/2d8fd4b4-3a82-4acf-b0c0-db15d5f02ad1/IMG_1487.jpg Blog - More abstraction - Make it stand out This is the latest, just finished. I love the bold lines and colours with the shapes roughly echoing some of the many drawings of boats I’ve done over the years. It makes me smile! https://www.lesleywilliamsartist.com/blog/sketchbook-explorations monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/0fbcb105-298d-4112-8a18-04a3b17e5991/IMG_1474+%281%29.jpg Blog - Sketchbook Explorations - Make it stand out I like to keep a sketchbook with me when I’m out and about and usually do very quick, quite rough drawings in ink if something catches my eye. I loved this view down the hill heading for Thornham, with the hedge, road and field shapes forming blocks of colour. Back home in my studio I did a sketch in acrylic on a much bigger piece of paper to explore the colour contrasts. Sometimes I look back on these ideas and develop/change/combine ideas to create a finished painting, although I try to keep the 'immediacy’ of the original drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/ee3efa74-2716-4731-97fd-9af4ec419bbb/IMG_1471.jpg Blog - Sketchbook Explorations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/40335f3a-e6dc-4a08-b996-803cbeea368c/IMG_1473.jpg Blog - Sketchbook Explorations - Make it stand out These drawings were made during my walk along the edge of the marsh, not far from the sea. The colour washes were added later, but sometimes I use my tiny water colour set and add paint straight away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/b4cb9cf6-2956-4e39-9a67-3ebb283d6037/IMG_1469.jpg Blog - Sketchbook Explorations - Make it stand out I used a colour wash and ink for these drawings, looking at the trees and one of the fire breaks at Sandringham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/898d0f00-c4b0-41fe-b898-27d62ac21843/IMG_1470.jpg Blog - Sketchbook Explorations - Make it stand out Now it’s a glorious sunny afternoon and I’m heading outside with a big easel and canvas to paint the Wisteria which is covering the end of my studio. I may share the results later! https://www.lesleywilliamsartist.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-cbrdt monthly 0.5 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/f2e371da-cca6-4556-af17-736d29f1f545/Cornwall+ABSTRACTION+in+BLUE+and+TURQUOISE+60X91.jpg Blog - Focus on Line and Form - Make it stand out ‘Abstract in Blue and Turquoise’ is a work with elements of St Ives woven through it - shapes of buildings remembered from my sketching trips and the wonderful colours of the sea holding it all together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/de63f970-ef50-4283-8efd-272d295770e3/Dreams+1.jpg Blog - Focus on Line and Form - Make it stand out ‘Dreams 1’ began with a beautiful sunny day and a cup of coffee, sat in a corner of my garden with a sketchbook. I just started drawing lines to express the shapes and outlines of what I could see around me. Flowers, stems, trellis were all reduced to absolute simplicity, which I then used to make a composition on a large canvas, looking out of my studio window to help me decide on the colour combinations I would focus on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/126aee9e-646e-43b1-8d1b-2272431ba215/Early+Morning%2C+from+the+boat.jpg Blog - Focus on Line and Form - Make it stand out In complete contrast ‘Early Morning from the Boat’ is a tiny work in oil, painted in my preferred style of many years. This involves very loose brushwork, straight onto a blank canvas, which gives a very impressionistic feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a5e5521393595a035cf6f1/388076ee-bc1b-4713-b80a-5ec1689d3fe8/Paint+Out+Another+Perspective%2C+Sennowe.jpg Blog - Focus on Line and Form - Make it stand out A ‘plein air’ work painted on a blustery day at Sennowe Park in Norfolk. 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