Driving to one of the locations I work has a particular point where I pause if I have time, the only reason I pause is down to the way the trees and grass for a perfect window onto the landscape beyond.
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Category: Artistic
That confusing moment…
I started a pen & ink drawing of Rannerdale Knotts as it’s a view I’ve not tried before. So obviously I picked up the watercolours for this pen & ink 😉 anyway, after a bit of splashing paint around I had finished and wasn’t to annoyed by the result which was a nice change. I took a quick scan of it then went to work. Now I look at it on the computer I’m not sure why I thought it was okay, time to go back to the drawing board…
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I sat down to practice some watercolour techniques, so it was only logical that I taped a piece of paper to the board and started a pen and ink drawing with a Tolkien theme 😉 I was going to add a colour tint but decided to leave it as it is.
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I thought I’d return to Oxford for a little bit of architectural paint time and found a photo I’d taken of the entrance to the Bodleian Library. The painting went well for a change, no issues along the way, that is until I started darkening the outside of the painting – the airbrush clogged, then splurted, then worked well but only for a few seconds…. So, it was either throw the painting into the bin or use photoshop to save it 😉
Read MoreHigh Stile
I thought I’d have a place with some carbon pencils for a change and ended up doodling High Stile (from an old reference photo of mine ;-))
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