...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been on a bit of a manic painting spree recently to learn and practice watercolour more. There’s been quite a few dead ends (and I may show some of these as posts about the development of what I hope to be better final images, …
Reading Time: 3 minutes After the first attempts at (probaly not the most appropriate scenes) from Kippford, I have tried something different to progress learning more about watercolours. I started with these trees. I’m quite pleased with this, though it is really a quick sketch – trying to get …
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve ben planning this idea mentally for some time. As a child I have a lovely book of Joan Aitken stories illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski in his absolutely amazing silhouette style. I’ve always loved that style and as a child attempted to replicate it many …
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a beautiful winter warmer, spicy, creamy and smooth. It’s also perfect not to waste the scrapings from making your pumpkin man. Obviously the amount of flesh you get depends on how thinly you scrape the inside of the lantern, but as in all my recipes the amounts are open to alteration. If your pumpkin is about a foot in diameter you should be OK.
Reading Time: 2 minutes We stopped off for a quick wander round Kelham Island on the way back from Derbyshire. This is somewhere I have wanted to have a look round for some time, and certainly want to go back and spend a bit more time in. I am …
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Just a quick addition to the post from our weekend in Tideswell. While there I did a few pencil sketches inspired by the scenery. This is something I am only just starting to play about with, but here they are.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes While I am busy scanning and archiving, I will upload these for the record. Fear, Love, Remorse. Acrylic and Blood on Canvas, 20x20cm each panel. I will leave it at that.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Typically, after 2 weeks of leave full of rain and general rubbish weather, the sun decided to shine on the last day before I go back to work. I decided to sit on the doorstep and do a bit of painting. These are all quick …
Reading Time: 2 minutes After coming back from Scotland I have had a play with some painting based on the scenery there, working from the photos I took. This is the view of the sunset from Rockcliffe over Urr Water. In retrospect I think this was always going to …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once again, it’s Carnival time. I’ve posted shots from this even each year for some time now, and it’s quite hard to think of exciting and edifying things to say after a while. It’s always an exciting event, though quite busy. This years event was …
