Tag: Cwm Penmachno

Dr Round’s Bespoke Watercolours

Dr Round’s Bespoke Watercolours

Reading Time: 5 minutes So after the first tests with purchased pigments, I have gone up a level and foraged a few of my own and had a go an processing these as inspired by Found and Ground. Ultimately what you are doing here is getting the raw material 

Some More Landscapes

Some More Landscapes

Reading Time: < 1 minutes These are just a couple more landscapes I have been working on in the run up to Christmas. The first of these is another from Wales – Yr Hen Bont in Cwm Hafodyredwydd. I’m not quite happy with this. I loved the effect from the 

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, 

Families, Flu and Extreme Photography – Part 2

Families, Flu and Extreme Photography – Part 2

Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome back to my crazy holiday in Wales. By Saturday, the snow had really set in. These are my adventures from that point onwards. Saturday On Saturday morning, we all decided to get the bus into Betws-y-Coed, so that Nain (the Welsh word for Nana) 

Families, Flu, and Extreme Photography – Part 1

Families, Flu, and Extreme Photography – Part 1

Reading Time: 7 minutes I have recently got back from my first family holiday since my son was born, staying in a lovely cottage managed by my mother in the village of Cwm Penmacho in rural Conwy. This little village lies at the head of the Machno Valley, about