Asby Scar

Off the easel today Asby Scar the 2nd of my poster style paintings.

Added to my Landscape Gallery. Prints available
View the work in progress here.

Warcop Art & Craft Exhibition

This weekend sees me at the Warcop Art and Craft Exhibition. Saturday 4th May - Monday 6th May. Showing work over the 3 days and running a one pencil workshop on Sunday afternoon. You can find full details of the event here.

Last Day

A very hot day yesterday so did a little more painting and went out early evening for some interesting wildlife encounters.

Florida Sketches

As we approach the end of our stay - a few watercolour sketches from the last few days.

Meeting the Floridian Locals

Certainly not going to win wildlife photographer of the year with these but here’s a few locals I’ve enjoyed meeting. Some close to home - e.g the alligator in the canal at the back of the house and others in the parks and gardens. Butterflies have been plentiful but haven’t stayed still long enough to catch. We also had a woodpecker drilling the pool cage but he went as soon as I moved to get a shot.

Florida Flowers

Visited a few parks. Some fabulous flowers in bloom.

Still unwell.

Art in the Hills - July. Nice to see my name on the poster.

Lovely first night in Florida. Since then we have been poorly with persistent virus. Normal play will be resumed when we are both better.

An Arty Easter

It’s become an arty Easter.  Today I’ve refreshed my work in the EVAN gallery changeover for the EVAN Spring open starting on the 5th April.  Here’s what’s going in from me - originals, prints and cards to compliment.

Easter Exhibition

Hung the Brough and Stainmore Art Group Easter Exhibition today. It’s looking good. Here’s the hung items and prints I’m showing.

Early Summer - Wild Boar

I took a photo of Wild Boar fell some time ago when the fields in front of the fell were brightly lit.  It’s been in my painting pile for some time and seemed to fit the idea I’ve been toying with for a poster like painting.  Have to say I am quite pleased with this and now pondering more in this style.
Added to my Landscape Gallery.
Prints available.

Shaps Sunshine

Shap Abbey and surrounding countryside looked wonderful in todays sunshine.

Busy in the Upper Eden Visitor Centre

Hardly a moment to myself in the visitor centre today. Lots of people here on holiday with lots of questions. I’ve added a few new bookmarks to my stock and topped up the rest.

This weeks arty activity.

Completed a drawing for the upcoming pencil workshop to show and enable practical application of the workshop techniques. This is my interpretation from an exercise I found in one of my reference books “ Art of Drawing Landscapes" by Sterling Publishing Company, New York. 

Started a painting of the first sloe blossom photographed this year.  I’ve played about with it in photoshop and like the effects I created there.  Sometimes wonder if I should simply print my photoshop creations?  As it stands pastel and pastel pencil on paper. 

Have put acrylic paint to canvas of a painting that has been bubbling in my mind for some time to create a painting in a poster style ( blocks of colour ) from one of my photos.  Couple of tweaks needed to the middle of the picture.  A debate in my head currently about continuing in my intended format or changing to my normal style as I like where this is going.