Tag: Derbyshire

Watercolour Landscapes: Tideswell, Betws-Y-Coed

Watercolour Landscapes: Tideswell, Betws-Y-Coed

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter 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 …

Sketching

Sketching

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust 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.

Tideswell

Tideswell

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is actually quite a rare thing, we have actually managed to get away a couple of times this year, this time for a 50th brithday weekend, staying in a bunkhouse in Derbyshire. I love the Derbyshire Peaks. It’s somwhere I don’t get to go …

Edale (and the odd bit of Sheffield)

Edale (and the odd bit of Sheffield)

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve been over the Edale in Derbyshire for the weekend, for my good friend Derek’s 40th Birthday. This has been quite an experience on many levels, mostly because this has been the first time taking my son away overnight solely by myself as his mum …

Beardy Weirdies and Tornados!

Beardy Weirdies and Tornados!

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve tried a new festival experience here, the oddly named Bearded Theory in Derbyshire. This was, in many ways, a very interesting experience! We took ther train down, while some friends carried the bulk of our kit, and (accidentally, honest) due to the discovery of …