Author: Christian

Reflections on Making Watercolours

Reflections on Making Watercolours

Reading Time: 12 minutes It’s been a few months since I started off on the journey of beginning to make my own watercolours and I thought it was time of a bit of a review of where things are up to, as I have learned quite a lot and 

Norwich

Norwich

Reading Time: 2 minutes Final set from my explorations of parts of East Anglia, is a little about Norwich. Starting with the slightly suprising siight of a Jaguar fighter outside the registry office… But a little more exploring was done the next day. The walk along the river the 

Wymondham

Wymondham

Reading Time: 3 minutes It was nice, this time in Norfolk to get a chance to actually look around Wymondham, which is a very pretty little town. The flint and redbrick is very apparent, on the bridge over the River Tiffey, and the Walls around Wymondham Abbey. I loved 

Nightwalking and The Aurora Borealis

Nightwalking and The Aurora Borealis

Reading Time: 3 minutes It was pure chance that I noticed the predictions for the possible UK Wide Aurora the other week. I have had the Aurora-watch app on my phone for some time, but after not accessing it for a while (generally fed-up with possible sightings scuppered by 

Fens and Claylands, Leeds to Wymondham and Spooner Row

Fens and Claylands, Leeds to Wymondham and Spooner Row

Reading Time: 4 minutes I have been away for some time, back again in Norfolk. I grew up in Cambridge, so while not truly a Fenlander, The Fens were a place I travelled and raversed, and as my range grew they were the area of mystery on the edge 

Micro Landscapes – The Return

Micro Landscapes – The Return

Reading Time: 2 minutes While working on some of my recent watercolours I was trimming my paper to the longer format, and ended up with quite a few offcuts. I hate waste, so I thought what can I do with these…. Practice some more miniature landscapes, that’s what! Working 

Witherslack Hall

Witherslack Hall

Reading Time: 3 minutes We all know I do love a good bit of railway action, and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway can be quite a regular haunt. I am much more into diesels, but I love a steam train as much as anyone. It was, however, the 

Lincoln in Watercolour

Lincoln in Watercolour

Reading Time: 2 minutes Of course, I took the photos from Lincoln, to work from for some watercolours. All of these are from random phone pictures in the end. The end of the weekend we went down to look round the waterfront, as this is close to the station 

One Colour a Day – Week 13

One Colour a Day – Week 13

Reading Time: < 1 minutes There’s been some weather inspired colours creeping out this week. The spring sun, and sunsets, misty days and a cold. Also, a few new colours. After having had to purchase new laptops and spending about £26 Million in Lincoln, I feel skint. So only 3 

One Colour a Day – Week 12

One Colour a Day – Week 12

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Slightly uninspired this week. I’ve played, except for a couple of food colours, with randoms from the paint pot… Some have some more inspiring names though…

One Colour a Day – Week 11

One Colour a Day – Week 11

Reading Time: < 1 minutes We went to Lincoln this weekend, so the week was quite oriented to that. VArious of the colours are quite random, though the end of the week is inspired by Cross Country Trains, Lincoln, and the blue hour (from when I photographed more trains at 

Lincoln Part 2 – Castles, Cathedrals and Railways

Lincoln Part 2 – Castles, Cathedrals and Railways

Reading Time: 7 minutes I’ve split up the material from our visit to Lincoln, so as to not create huge long posts. On Sunday, after a very nice breakfast, and being very sad to leave the hotel room, we head out to explore the Castle and the Cathedral. The