Tag: canal

Snowy scenes

Snowy scenes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes I just thought I would post these as I am quite pleased with them and they are the beginning of a bit of a themed project over winter, These are sketches, based on mini-tutorials on https://watercolourlandscapes.co.uk/ on painting snow and mountains. Then I thought I 

Kirkstall to Rodley

Kirkstall to Rodley

Reading Time: 3 minutes For all the time I have spent on canals, one stretch I have rarely walked any of is the stretch up out of Leeds staring at Kirkstall. Starting off the canal is pleasent, but unexceptional, passing first Kirkstall Lock and the non-descript fields which are 

Skipton

Skipton

Reading Time: 2 minutes Skipton is another place that, although broadly on my doorstep, I have never actually explored. I have kept meaning to walk there as a part of my canal project, but this time we got the train. What struck me about the place is that it 

Dewsbury to Mirfield

Dewsbury to Mirfield

Reading Time: 4 minutes Further to the eventual aim of walking all the Yorkshire Canals, we set of on another canal walk, this time with the Aim of Dewsbury to (at least) Mirfield. As I have said before, though there are some reasonably interesting Industrial buildings, Dewsbury is not 

More Waterfront Adventures

More Waterfront Adventures

Reading Time: 2 minutes …long term project to shoot the canal network in West Yorkshire. Some of this I manage to do with the toddler in tow, as these in Wakefield, where there is also a lovely play park outside the Hepworth Gallery.

I will be making these into a book some time. What is interesting is the differences in my editing style …

Waterfront Festival

Waterfront Festival

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This event takes place in Leeds on the waterfront each year. I’ve been to this event a few times, and there’s not a lot more to shoot that I haven’t already, but I did take a nice panorama of Leeds Dock.