Author: Christian

Fens and Claylands, Leeds to Wymondham and Spooner Row

Fens and Claylands, Leeds to Wymondham and Spooner Row

Reading Time: 4 minutesI 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 minutesWhile 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 minutesWe 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 minutesOf 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 minuteThere’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 minuteSlightly 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 minuteWe 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 minutesI’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 

Trip to Lincoln – Shopping and Dining and Pretty Things

Trip to Lincoln – Shopping and Dining and Pretty Things

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s been mutterings from T’Other ‘Alf that we don’t go away enough. I have to say I am quite lazy about such things, which is odd as I love getting out and the chance to actually do a bit of photography from time to time 

One Colour a Day – Week 10

One Colour a Day – Week 10

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlightly inspired by cooking and Skies this week. We made duck, and my partner didn’t get hers as all the children decided to have it, then didn’t eat it. I ordered Barnsley Chops in the Beck and Call, which were far rarer than asked for. 

A few bitesize tutorials from t’Interwebs

A few bitesize tutorials from t’Interwebs

Reading Time: 3 minutesFacebook knows… Unsuprisingly I have had about a million and a half adverts for dubious watercolour tutorial sites crop up on my facebook recently (if you want an interesting article by the way, have a look at this) and have mostly ignored these as attempts 

Pine Trees

Pine Trees

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile on our first (hopefully of many) walks of the year I took a photo, as I have before, of the pine trees on Parkside Road. I’m always fascinated by these trees and (I am not sure if this is cut to avoid the road)