There was an off cut of watercolour board lying around, it looked the perfect size for a painting of Castlerigg Stone Circle.
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Tag: landscape
Haystacks
After painting the fantastical world as recorded by J.R.R.T. for a while I decided to return to something a bit more local. It’s been quite a while since I wandered over Haystacks in the Lake District so I opted to paint it 😉
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Another room with a view, this time the room is one of my work locations…
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This month’s theme over on John Howe’s website is ‘A Room with a View’… After all the many months of confinement, semi-confinement and other lockdowns, have you ever found yourself staring out the window and imagining a different vista? (Not that there is necessarily wrong with that familiar view, mind you, but a little variety would be nice.) So, this is your chance. Imagine where you are, imagine a window, then imagine the view. Perhaps it’s a view on the past, or the future, or another world… You’ll see… For…
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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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