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 😉 sadly as I painted the foreground things went a bit awry and I really didn’t enjoy painting it. Still, you live and learn 😉
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Giant’s Grave
A little watercolour of the Giant’s Grave, Kirksanton…
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 I’d forget where I was going with it (I don’t 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 MoreMist(ick) Meg
Quick(ish) watercolour of a misty Long Meg and her Daughters stone circle. For some reason the scan has come out with some odd colour casts and tinges, I’ll have to try and rescan it.
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Still practicing, and again I picked a reference photo at random, this time it ended up with a photo I took of Julie back in May when it was a bit sunnier and a bit warmer 😉 I enjoyed painting the folds in the dress, I disliked painting hair, but then I always dislike painting hair for some reason.
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