We were out and about today mainly for a couple of things from the shops, but it was an excuse to take the cameras out for a ride 😉 The greens were very bright in the Sunlight and the trees were starting to shine against the clouds. Therefore I decided to take a couple of images and convert them to black and white 🙂 St. John’s Church, Bassenthwaite, Cumbria Looking towards Skiddaw, Cumbria.
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Moonlight Magic
Some scenes lend themselves to the moonlight more than others, when I decided to paint a couple of Moon orientated paintings trying to capture the magic of a moonlit Castlerigg Stone Circle was something that sprang to mind almost straight away. Well, to be honest my thoughts went along the lines of – moonlit Shire… moonlit stone circle, having painted the Shire in moonlight it was time to attempt a stone circle.
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Week nine of the weekly challenge 🙂
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Driving home this morning from work I noticed a little mist rising from the rivers and starting to fill the little valleys and hollows. It was rather chilly for a May morning, okay, it was icy cold and the frost was covering the verges as I drove along. I stopped first of all to take a few photographs of the sunrise and the misty landscapes. I then stopped by the river at Langwathby to watch the mist rise from the water and spread across the nearby fields, I was of…
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A slight diversion for me but it was quite enjoyable to work on, this was completed for the Moonstruck theme of the month 🙂 Obviously it’s a la’l Hobbit having a moonlit wander, well, sometimes a wander along some moonlit lanes is just what the Doctor ordered to relax us 😉 Painted in watercolour on 22.5 x 13 inch board
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