I started a doodle of the Pikes of Langdale, I enjoyed painting the sky and quite liked how it looked when it was dry. It had a bit more about it than my normal skies π sadly as I painted the foreground things went a bit awry and I really didn’t enjoy painting it. Still, you live and learn π
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Crummock
Decided to play with a carbon pencil on paper for a change, so a quick doodle of Crummock was the result π
Read MoreSlater’s Bridge
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 Iβd forget where I was going with it (I donβt 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…
Read MoreQuick trip
We had a quick trip out yesterday, down the side of Ullswater and over Kirkstone Pass. It made a nice change to get out with the camera, I could almost remember how to use it π
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 π 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…
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