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It would have been unwise…

12 July 202012 July 2020 Graeme Skinner

We decided to stay up a bit later than usual last night to catch a glimpse of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – hereto known after as Neowise, or Neo the Wise. Anyway, we sat and watched the sky change and the stars slowly appear, it became a little chilly so I grabbed a glass of whisky (I’ve got to consider my health after all ;-)). The horizon where Neo the Wise would be putting on its show was cloudy, the cloud gradually built up so we retreated inside. Scroll forward a…

After the party

21 June 2020 Graeme Skinner

Quick sketch of a Gandalf mask for the theme of the month over on John Howe’s website.

Tirith Aear

17 June 2020 Graeme Skinner

I’d call this a small doodle, but in reality it’s 73x54cm 😉 I decided to do something in carbon pencil again as I haven’t used them for a while, so I ended up trying a Tolkien themed piece – Tirith Aear, now I’ve tried this version of it a version in oil might be in order. Whilst the majority of this was completed in carbon pencil I did add some highlights back in photoshop as they vanished when I snapped the photo of it.

Pause

13 June 2020 Graeme Skinner

Driving to work the other night I had a couple of minutes to spare before I needed to be there so had a few minutes wander for some fresh air. Luckily there had been a little rain so there was some water falling which drew my attention. I only had my phone with me but it blurs the water quite nicely.

Bag End

8 June 2020 Graeme Skinner

Just fiddling with some little doodles in watercolour, this time it’s one of the windows of Bag End 😉