I thought I’d paint another landscape as it’s been a while since I’ve worked on one, so I decided on the view looking down over Buttermere and Crummock. The intention when I started was to block a few areas in with acrylic to get the feel of the piece then finish it in oils, in the end I used acrylics for the entire painting as it was ‘working’ at the time. As with the majority of paintings I’ve completed for the last few years has soon as I signed it…
Read MoreWe decided to go for a bit of a wander amongst the Bluebells in Rannerdale, Cumbria which was quickly followed by a trot down to the side of Crummock Water…..
Read MoreToday we had a run out and visited a few lakes and fells, some we’ve seen a few times recently and a few we’ve not seen for years.
Read MoreRecently I looked through an old album of mine, when I say old I took the photographs in or around 1984 so it’s old to me. Many of the images are terrible, yet there are odd ones which apart from the technical aspects of the images I could have taken them last week.
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