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…
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Started off doodling on a large sheet of paper to practice some sketching techniques, and the doodle grew and grew until I finished off a drawing of Castlerigg Stone Circle – normally I just focus on a stone or two so completing the full circle is unusual for me 😉
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We called out for some supplies a couple of days ago and decided to take a couple of photographs of Blencathra (and Castlerigg Stone Circle) while we were out. Looking forward to printing them up and maybe using one or two as references for a painting.
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Looking towards the Lakeland Fells from the Culgaith to Langwathby road the other day, the fells looked rather nice covered in snow 😉 [photonav url=http://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/31_01_19_pan_large.jpg mode=move popup=none animate=none position=center container_width= container_height=700]
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Our early morning wander ended with a drive down to the side of Ullswater as the light was looking nice 😉 Later on we watched the light change on Blencathra and I managed a couple of photographs worth printing out…
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