We thought the wall above the bed would be the ideal place for something a bit different, so, we decided to make a copper tree to go above it. After two reels of copper wire, much cutting, twisting, and bending we have a tree π at the moment it’s half summer half winter, maybe in a while I’ll turn it completely to a leaf covered summer tree.
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Great Dun Fell
I had a scrap of illustration board lying around so I decided to practice a landscape in watercolour, well, I’ve been painting quite a few night scenes lately something in daylight was in order π . I’ve never tried one of Great Dun Fell before so I picked that as a subject. It’s one I need to revisit soon.
Read MoreStars over Castlerigg
I decided to paint a Castlerigg Stone Circle night scene, to make it a bit more interesting I decided to paint a fairly accurate night sky, so I worked out how the sky would have looked the from the day we got married and painted that π
Read MoreReturn to type
Decided to play with type for a change….
Read MoreFrankie and Benjy
This months theme over on John Howe’s website is Creatures from Outer Space, I think the idea was for something scary so I went with the mice (Frankie and Benjy) from Hitchhikers π well, they are pan-dimensional beings from Magrathea who wanted to cut out Arthur Dent’s brain so they could be classed as a little scary π
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