I sat down to do a serious, detailed study of Old Man Willow (as seen in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (just in case anyone was wondering)). So I’m unsure how I ended up doing this π Tired of rescuing pesky Hobbits from the clutches of Old Man Willow, Tom Bombadil decided to put up a sign warning those approaching of the dangers. “If that doesn’t work, I’ll hack the darned thing down.” He muttered to himself walking away from the newly erected sign.
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From Mist to Niggle
The morning started with mist in the valley which I thought worth snapping a photo of… But really my eyes were drawn to the greens on this tree…. Perhaps it’s the inner Niggle in me clamouring to get out π
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A couple of photographs from this morning. Venus poking through the cloud – And then the Moon through the trees –
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I liked the way the light caught the bark and branches on these trees so took a quick photograph then tinkered for a while in Photoshop to tint it a bit, as you do…
Read MoreIt’s been a while
For one reason or another I’ve not had chance to get the watercolours out for what feels like years, so I decided to make the effort and get my eye in again with a small practice piece. Now I have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of reference photographs which I take and file for just such occasions. Living where we do surrounded by such excellent scenery it would be difficult not to have a reasonable selection of reference images really. This is of course why I ended up painting something…
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