There was an alert last night that there was a good chance of aurora, sadly I was weary having had a busy shift at work that came after a poor nights sleep, so I ended up popping out with the camera and taking a quick snap. I did have to take a photo of M45 (Pleiades) and Jupiter popping over the Pennines, with our neighbours stone circle in the foreground 😉
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I’ve got roll of cartridge paper which is annoying me, it was purchased a few years ago so I could cut out whatever size piece of paper I wanted depending on the project. In reality it’s hard to unroll and cut out the paper without creasing or damaging the paper and it spends its time propped up in the corner. I did manage to get a piece cut off though without too much crumpling and damage so decided on a pen & ink drawing of a quiet corner of the…
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We decided we should have some side tables and a coffee table to match the Morris chair from 2015, since the chair I’ve moved workshops and house 😉 It’s taken a while to get to this stage, not having a great deal of spare time to get into the workshop but after much whittling of large oak boards, the coffee table is now finished.
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After the smaller study a week or so ago I attempted a larger version in watercolour, this one is 66 x 22.5cm. I’m still pondering and dithering as to whether this is the final version or whether it should be in oils 😉 Actually, I quite like the left hand wall so maybe I won’t try again. There’s a larger version here.
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No, it’s nothing to do with Tennyson or the Skids 😉 working up to do a painting of the Eden Valley so here’s a watercolour study of the scene.
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