Artistic – Graeme Skinner https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress Artist, designer and photographer Sun, 31 May 2026 14:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-site-icon-150x150.png Artistic – Graeme Skinner https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress 32 32 Well it’s been a while https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/well-its-been-a-while/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/well-its-been-a-while/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 14:27:38 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5383 I’ve not painted in far too long, it hurts to paint which is rather annoying when I enjoy the time with a paintbrush as it’s a good opportunity to switch off the brain 😉 anyway I decided to try and paint something a week or so ago, luckily I could manage a few minutes at a time before the niggling pains stopped play. As it’s been a while since I painted anything I wanted to go back to basics and grabbed a 25x18cm piece of paper, some cobalt blue and raw umber watercolour, and some white gouache for a painting of the sea at Silloth, Cumbria.

]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/well-its-been-a-while/feed/ 0 Packhorse Bridge https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/packhorse-bridge/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/packhorse-bridge/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 13:53:05 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5331 I took a photo of this bridge (the packhorse bridge in Ivegill) to use in a painting, but while I pondered the painting I thought it would work as a pen and ink drawing. Given my hand issues (inner expletive), this has taken far too many weeks to complete.

Packhorse Bridge, Ivegill, A4 Pen & Ink
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2026/05/packhorse-bridge/feed/ 0 Fjall https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/08/fjall/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/08/fjall/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:25:59 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5182 A Quick(ish) watercolour in an attempt to switch my brain off for a while, I picked a random Lake District reference photo and splattered some paint 😉

Lakeland, A4 Watercolour
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/08/fjall/feed/ 0 Meg https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:58:08 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5129 Decided to try a watercolour landscape as it felt like too long since I’d painted something 😉 So I used one of my recent photos from my wander around Long Meg Stone Circle.

Long Meg, A3, Watercolour
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/06/meg/feed/ 0 Another doodle https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/05/another-doodle/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/05/another-doodle/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 07:44:10 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5120 Another quick doodle*, this time of Brougham Castle…

 

*Just working out what is working and what doesn’t 😉

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]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/03/getting-knotted/feed/ 0 Back to Castlerigg https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/03/back-to-castlerigg/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/03/back-to-castlerigg/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:48:07 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5050 Another attempt to paint Castlerigg Stone Circle, one day I’ll be happy with how I paint it 😉

Castlerigg Stone Circle, Oil, 20×16 inch
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/03/back-to-castlerigg/feed/ 0 Cockpit https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:28:49 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5019 A quick(ish) watercolour of a few stones from The Cockpit Stone Circle, Cumbria. I used a reference photo from our visit last year (link).

Cockpit Stone Circle, Watercolour 15.5″ x 11.5″
]]> https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/cockpit/feed/ 0 A Daughter of Meg https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/a-daughter-of-meg/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2025/02/a-daughter-of-meg/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:41:32 +0000 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5014 Returning to my (almost) obsession with painting/drawing/photographing standing stones, here’s one of Long Megs offspring….

One of the daughters, A3, Charcoal
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