silloth – Graeme Skinner

Well it’s been a while

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:27:38 +0000

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 raw umber watercolour, and some white gouache for a painting of the sea at Silloth, Cumbria.

In reference to…

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:03:42 +0000

I was in need of some crashy wave reference photographs, and as it was windy and the tide was in we headed out. Sadly when we got there it was also in pounding with heavy, icy rain so we only spent a couple of minutes out of the car.

Solway Sunset

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:45:19 +0000

As we were staying near Silloth last week we popped to the coast to watch the setting sun, and I was glad we did