I took some photographs of the Moon yesterday illuminating some mist in the valley, and I found myself thinking about how much the Sun influences our lives. After all the light from the Moon illuminating that mist originated in the Sun, the light itself has a very different property when it’s reflected from the Moon. I’m not talking about the physical make up of the reflected light itself, I’m talking about the way Moonlight gives a distinct magical feel to a scene, especially when you add mist into the mix…
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Flaming textures
I wasn’t intending to take photographs of the fire, it just ended up that way, I quite liked the way the flames turned out with slower shutter speeds 😉
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…Vikings had horns on their helmets? I know I do 😉 in fact I still picture them that way sometimes. Perhaps it’s down to the large illustrated childrens book on Vikings I used to spend so much time browsing through as a child, or maybe it’s just because helmets look better with horns sticking out of them. Anyway, I was playing with some new (free) software on the Mac earlier, SketchBook by Autodesk, and my thoughts turned to the theme of the month ‘Horns’ over at John Howe’s website and…
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A few small watercolours which are more warm ups and practice pieces than anything else 😉
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