Panoramic photo of The Old Man of Coniston, we were going to wander up to the top but I’d forgotten my crampons. Whist I like it in colour I’m tempted just to keep the black and white version…
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Tag: cumbria
In contrast
We went out to Watchtree Nature Reserve yesterday for a change of scene, whilst I enjoyed looking at the moss covered trees, the contrast to the modern(ish) mechanical of the crashed jet engine was quite interesting.
Read MoreFor future reference
There can never be too many reference photographs can there 😉 These are for when my hand decides it’s ready to use a paint brush again, when we went for a wander at Long Meg the grass looked like it would work in an illustration or two.
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It’s been a long long time since I was last on the grounds at Lowther Castle, I’m guessing over 30 years and it was known as Lowther Park (or something similar) and was very different than it is today – in fact I can’t remember exactly where the previous park was located in relation to the castle. Anyway, being at a bit of a loose end at the moment Julie suggested we visit Lowther Castle as it’s close by and the weather was nice. Most of the photographs are for…
Read MoreWell it’s been a while
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…
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