Micro Landscapes

Micro Landscapes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I found these lovely zig-zag sheets of Khadi Rag the other day, and decided to paint this series of micro-landscapes. It’s been really interestng working on such a small scale, like tiny naïfs one may find in a locket.

Winter Watercolours

Winter Watercolours

Reading Time: 2 minutes When we left for York to go to the markets the other weekend, it was incredibly misty and frosty, thurning the fields and industrial areas of South Leeds into ‘scapes of grey and white. I am kicking myself now for not taking a large number 

Various Pumpkins and Gourds

Various Pumpkins and Gourds

Reading Time: < 1 minutes With Hallowe’n afoot, the hops have their annual stack of ornamental pumpkins and gourds. These are some watercolours I have done of the ones I bought this year – making good use of the lovely Van Gogh Pyrrole Orange! I’ve tried in these to really 

Studies and Sketches

Studies and Sketches

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is a fact which cannot be denied that sometimes things don’t go 100% to plan. I was feeling a little despondent with the feel of “Boulder Gate” as it was not the loose style I was seeking, certainly on the rocks. I decided to 

Watercolour Landscapes: St Aidan’s, Rounday, Meanwood

Watercolour Landscapes: St Aidan’s, Rounday, Meanwood

Reading Time: 2 minutes And some more… I’ve really been beavering away with the watercolours this last couple of weeks. This was a bit of a quick experiment – actually the fourth of a set of quick experients. The original image was posted on the a photography group. This 

More Brusho

More Brusho

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Some further experiments with brusho, I have been playing more with using it like inks and painting stems and grasses.

Watercolour Landscapes: Kippford, Cwm Penmachno, Eccup, Slaithwaite

Watercolour Landscapes: Kippford, Cwm Penmachno, Eccup, Slaithwaite

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, 

Watercolour Landscapes: Tideswell, Betws-Y-Coed

Watercolour Landscapes: Tideswell, Betws-Y-Coed

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 

Lino Printing Experiments

Lino Printing Experiments

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 

Brusho

Brusho

Reading Time: 2 minutes I found this amazing stuff via Fred Aldous, when I was researching things I could spend a lovely £100 Voucher on. Brusho Crystal Colour is a powdered ink pigment which coems in a number of colours – and (especially as it is incredibly cheap) it 

Sketching

Sketching

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.

Tryptych -Fear, Love, Remorse

Tryptych -Fear, Love, Remorse

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.