A quick pen and ink of Castlerigg Stone Circle, or at least a few stones from the circle 😉
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Tag: cumbria
A la’l break
We managed to get a few days away in the caravan and I even managed to take a photograph or two…. First of all there was the river that became rather excitable after some heavy rain – The next day we popped down to the south west of the county and stopped near Ennerdale as the rays were looking good – Then we stopped near Muncaster castle for a quick snap – Then we popped into Gosforth to look at the Gosforth Cross – A day…
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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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I had this random idea to draw/paint a selection of waterfalls from around Cumbria, so to get some practice in I found a random waterfall image from the area and started a pen and ink piece, along the way I decided to add some watercolour washes then shade it a bit more in Photoshop. Now I need to get a canvas, some oil paints and try to do the scene properly 😉
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