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Portrait of life-class model Kirsten from the '90s, dip pen and Indian ink over light pencil positioning. This is on off-white Ingres paper and is from an archive folder.

An old still life watercolour and a very odd one. I'm not a great fan of taxidermy but I borrowed the stuffed owl as something to draw. The strange tall vase was being thrown out by a church and the orange vase is particularly hideous (it was thrown off a shelf by a sensitive poltergeist I think)

Still life with stuffed owl and hideous orange and blue vase.

Pencil portrait of L.

Self-portrait from 1971. That's what my hair looks like now except it's now white. The beard has gone. My face isn't symmetrical.

Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 4d ago

Watercolour sketch from the banks of the Cam (from an archive folder). I'm not even sure if there's any water left in the Cam during this heatwave. I haven't been down to have a look (too hot to go anywhere)

Watercolour sketch on the banks of the Cam. There's a duck swimming along bottom left with her chicks, just indicated as a white shape as she paddled by.

Two old portraits of Amy, found in a sketchbook

Portrait of life class model Amy from the '90s, pencil and ink.

Portrait of life class model Amy, watercolour and Indian ink

Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 5d ago

Cambridge UK street scene using watercolour and acrylic ink (with a dip pen). I've often painted this row of buildings in Trinity Street. The complexity and diversity is wonderful. I think this one was sold.

Cambridge street scene using watercolour and acrylic ink (with a dip pen). This one is from 2004.

Here's a photo I took of my garden in December 2022 to cool everyone down.

Portrait of Sam B. 1987, pencil

From 5 years ago, oil on canvas of my garden. This is the first summer ever that I haven't painted in the garden. Too hot!

One of my flower paintings from the '80s, scanned from a film photo of the original which was taken through the frame glass so there are reflections. It was sold a long time ago and I wonder if it's still on someone's wall?

Watercolour of irises, ranunculus (I think) and a shell which has appeared in many paintings - maybe more in the future).

Very old ink and wash sketch from about forty years ago showing Southsea boating lake. Our son is one of the children fishing for sea creatures (putting them back in of course)

Trinity College forecourt during May Week, dated 2005, mixed media drawing

Portrait of LG from 1990 in watercolour and Indian ink (quite large), given to the sitter who is a Flamenco dance tutor. This old film photo of the original isn't very good but I've tweaked it as much as I can. #art #portrait #watercolour #drawfromife

Watercolour drawing of a young woman dressed in red and black, resting her arm on a sofa.

Watercolour painting of various fruits and flowers plus a wooden pigeon and a starfish. Also a photo showing it in progress (this is from 2020)

Watercolour study of roses.

Pen drawing of some Busy Lizzies (impatiens). We have some growing in the garden, loving the sunshine but this drawing is from a very long time ago.

A pastel sketch of the garden from the far end, looking past the side of the studio. This isn't dated but it's fairly recent.

Quite a large pastel sketch looking up the garden. There is a figure walking up the path, a brass water carrier on the shelf on the left and a candle lamp hanging from near the guttering.

Pencil drawing of a white tulip-based retro swivel chair

Gardener, oil on canvas, sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition.

A gardener stooping with a trowel on the garden path. There are heritage tomatoes growing in the flower bed (a good crop that year)

Water lilies at Newnham mill pond. It's curious how my reactions to my own paintings change over time. I thought this one was a bit clumsy and overdone but it's in favour this morning. Still have it stored away #art #pastel #Cambridge

A pastel showing Cambridge punts with a couple of ducks among the water lilies.

Downing Street, Cambridge, the row of museum buildings, large watercolour drawing from 1992 done from the opposite side of the road using my bike to prop up the drawing board. #streetart #Cambridge #museums

My on the spot watercolour drawing of the museum buildings on Downing Street, Cambridge from 1992. The corner of the building on the right has some very pretty arts and crafts carvings of angels which I have drawn separately.

All the nauseating AI mini-stories on Instagram with horses rescuing nestlings etc are making me puke to the point where I may stop using it completely. Please don't let them infest this place.

This small ink and watercolour painting shows young women outside Magdalene College gate, Cambridge. There is some use of white ink and touches of oil pastel. #art #Cambridge #MayWeek #Magdalene

From 2006, this mixed media drawing shows four young women outside Magdalene College gate in Cambridge. One is having her hair tidied up by her friend. This sold at an exhibition.

My small oil painting of a string quartet from 1999, sold a long time ago. #art #oilpainting #stringquartet

My oil painting of a string quartet from 1999. A female cellist dressed in blue is in the foreground and three male string players are in the background

St John's Street, Cambridge, May Week scene in pastel from 2002 (sold). #art #pastel #Cambridge

Quite a large pastel showing people on St John's Street, Cambridge, meeting up to attend a May Ball.

Another Cambridge pastel (sold) with Peterhouse chapel on the left and the red brick buildings of Pembroke on the right #Art #Cambridge #pastel

A Cambridge pastel with Peterhouse chapel on the left and the red brick buildings of Pembroke on the right. A college porter sets off on his bicycle. This one is quite large and found a buyer.

Queens' College, Cambridge, with May Ball attenders queuing, pastel (sold). #art #pastel #Cambridge

Queens' Lane in Cambridge UK, depicted in pastel with a May Week queue.

Watercolour study of parrot tulips