We’ve been offline for a while (thanks to a tree snapping the fibre during a storm), so couldn’t post this when I finished it. I started this a couple of weeks ago, along the way I changed direction quite a few times – mainly because of the gaps between painting when I’d forget where I was going with it (I don’t think distraction free painting time exists ;-)). Thinking back to when I started this painting I was more interested in painting the water than anything else, though I spent…
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Mist(ick) Meg
Quick(ish) watercolour of a misty Long Meg and her Daughters stone circle. For some reason the scan has come out with some odd colour casts and tinges, I’ll have to try and rescan it.
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Still practicing, and again I picked a reference photo at random, this time it ended up with a photo I took of Julie back in May when it was a bit sunnier and a bit warmer 😉 I enjoyed painting the folds in the dress, I disliked painting hair, but then I always dislike painting hair for some reason.
Read More…and in reflection
It feels like a while since I’ve managed to paint anything so I decided that I should practice a little, I wasn’t wanting to paint anything overly complicated on in depth but just wanted to get some paint down and break a little creative mind block 😉 The easiest solution I came up with was to gather a load of reference images together and pick one at random then have a go at it. So, I ended up with Crummock water and some reflections to attempt…
Read MoreA few stones
A quick pen and ink of Castlerigg Stone Circle, or at least a few stones from the circle 😉
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