tree – Graeme Skinner

Wee tree

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:29:03 +0000

It’s a miniature theme over on John Howe’s website so I thought of small trees for some reason

Can’t see the wood for the copper

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:58:51 +0000

We thought the wall above the bed would be the ideal place for something a bit different, so, we decided to make a copper tree to go above it. After two reels of copper wire, much cutting, twisting, and bending we have a tree at the moment it’s half summer half winter, maybe in a while I’ll turn it completely to a leaf covered summer tree.

Copper Tree – 100cm diameter

Earth

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:56:10 +0000

A pen and ink piece to keep the brain going the theme is ‘Earth’ this month as part of a four month four elements grand theme.

Niggle would approve.

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 05:39:48 +0000

I started sketching a tree for the theme of the month over on John Howe’s website, it was supposed to be a quick simple sketch, then I got too the branches. The good intentions of a quick doodle to get in the right frame of mind went out the window and I started to become a little obsessive over the branches, I ended up doodling away at each little branch ignoring pretty much everything else. However, I get the feeling I need to obsess over the branches of the next tree just a little more maybe I’ll hide in a corner, turn off my phone, and just release that inner Niggle that resides somewhere in all of us – or maybe he just exists in my confused little brain

Oh, if you don’t know who Niggle is I’m shocked and horrified but it can easily be remedied …

In Contrast

Graeme Skinner — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:27:38 +0000

There was a bit of snow lying around yesterday so I popped out with the camera for a while, I ended up taking a few tree based contrasty shots, going through them afterwards this one caught my eye so I made it into a print

On the common

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:34:20 +0000

Driving along Caldbeck Common this weekend we stopped by the windswept Rowan tree for a photo stop, I’m glad we did as the tree looked nice in the brief patches of sunlight that kept passing over the common. I’ll be making this one into a print soon.

In detail

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:10:01 +0000

I’ve been looking at trees lately, well, that’s no real surprise, I often look at trees. However I’ve been looking at them a bit closer than usual

Widu

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:41:22 +0000

A few photographs from my wander through the local woods.

I’m almost positive…

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:16:05 +0000

….that I painted a scene like this once, I know Niggle would have been involved somewhere along the line

Through the Gap

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:18:26 +0000

I took a different route the other day for my wander, on that wander I noticed a view which I thought “that might make a nice photograph”. There were a couple of drawbacks though, firstly the light was terrible and the air filled with drizzle, secondly and probably more importantly I didn’t have my camera on me. So this morning when I was trying to decide where to go for a wander I grabbed the camera and headed back to the location, couldn’t find it and spent far too long wandering through the small wood to locate it. Eventually I got there and took a quick photograph before heading back to the delights of fresh strong coffee