lakeland – Graeme Skinner

Fjall

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:25:59 +0000

A Quick(ish) watercolour in an attempt to switch my brain off for a while, I picked a random Lake District reference photo and splattered some paint

Lakeland, A4 Watercolour

Towards the Fells

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 02 May 2019 09:40:53 +0000

I paused on my way to work the other day to photograph the mist forming in the Eden Valley as I looked towards the Lakeland Fells. I could have spent all morning out there but duty called

Snow topped

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:15:07 +0000

We called out for some supplies a couple of days ago and decided to take a couple of photographs of Blencathra (and Castlerigg Stone Circle) while we were out. Looking forward to printing them up and maybe using one or two as references for a painting.

Blencathra

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:09:28 +0000

A couple of photographs of Blencathra, I do have a large panoramic of it as well, but I was a little over-enthusiastic and it’s taking a long time to process

One of the benefits…

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:02:13 +0000

…of working night shifts is the drive home in the morning, in fact it’s probably the only benefit of working nights it was only a short drive home from work this week but I did get to look over the valley towards Penrith and the Lakeland Fells in the background with a nice bit of mist to finish the view off.

It takes time

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:44:44 +0000

Well, it takes me time to finish a watercolour these days, mainly because I find I’ve a thousand and one other things to do in a day. Anyway, I’ve been working on this Lake District landscape for a while now, and I’m calling it finished actually I’m calling it finished until I decide whether to do any more to it or not.

Stars and Fells

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:38:13 +0000

We had a run out last night to have a starlit drive through the Lakes, okay, I turned the headlights on when it became dark as driving by starlight was proving difficult We did pause a couple of times, and I liked the look of the stars just starting to appear in the sky above Buttermere and Crummock (photo from halfway up Honister).

Then there was the stars above Blencathra…

Castlerigg again…

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:02:47 +0000

I called by Castlerigg Stone Circle as I drove West the other day and I’m glad I did as the light and cloud made for a magical visit. As usual if you’d like any of the photographs as either a mounted or unmounted print please get in touch.

In Reflection

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:09:09 +0000

In reflection it was a pleasant morning to have a trip around Ullswater. The reflections on the outward journey from Pooley Bridge were excellent, it’s not often you see the lake with reflections so perfect…

Down by the lake (again)

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:25:22 +0000

We had another run down to Ullswater this morning on our way to buy bird food, not a obvious route but it worked out fine