I sat down to practice some watercolour techniques, so it was only logical that I taped a piece of paper to the board and started a pen and ink drawing with a Tolkien theme 😉 I was going to add a colour tint but decided to leave it as it is.
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I thought I’d return to Oxford for a little bit of architectural paint time and found a photo I’d taken of the entrance to the Bodleian Library. The painting went well for a change, no issues along the way, that is until I started darkening the outside of the painting – the airbrush clogged, then splurted, then worked well but only for a few seconds…. So, it was either throw the painting into the bin or use photoshop to save it 😉
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I thought I’d have a place with some carbon pencils for a change and ended up doodling High Stile (from an old reference photo of mine ;-))
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There was an off cut of watercolour board lying around, it looked the perfect size for a painting of Castlerigg Stone Circle.
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After painting the fantastical world as recorded by J.R.R.T. for a while I decided to return to something a bit more local. It’s been quite a while since I wandered over Haystacks in the Lake District so I opted to paint it 😉
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