Well, that’s enough time spent looking at myself for self portraits this month, the ‘Selfie’ theme of the month over on John Howe’s forum has resulted in me staring at my ugly mug for far too long. Now I need to look at some green fields dotted with Hobbit holes and maybe a wizard or two 😉
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Work
A work based selfie for this months theme* This is me working Garsdale Signalbox, though it’s rarely that sunny up there 😉 and my jumper isn’t quite that shade of blue, and my mustache isn’t that big (the brush slipped), other than that it’s fairly accurate 🙂 A3 Watercolour on board. *Theme of the month over at john-howe.com
Read MoreThose hairy feet
More Hobbit feet following my sketch of Flodo Bliggins sitting with his feet up in front of the fire I decided to try one in colour. The background is a watercolour, photoshopped into blurriness then a pair of digital feet stuck on top 😉
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I’ve been looking at trees lately, well, that’s no real surprise, I often look at trees. However I’ve been looking at them a bit closer than usual 😉
Read MoreThe moment of eclipse
I’d been at work all night but decided to set an early alarm to see if the weather was being kind enough to allow a view of the eclipse. When I wandered to the window it was cloudy and my thoughts turned back to the land of nod, but Hugo was looking hopeful so I picked up the lead and my camera then headed out. I received regular texts from Julie that the sky was getting lighter and gaps appearing so I wandered a bit more, then the cloud parted…
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