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First day in the Upper Eden Visitor Centre for several weeks. Busy day with lots of visitors. Re-stocked my popular lambs playtime print/cards. Changeover of artworks and some photos. Hoping the till balances after I had to figure out changing the roll and managing to put a transaction twice.
Completed in pastel because I was given a bunch of green pastels and decided to play with them.
When I recently said to the lovely Sarah Reid “I never seem to have the right shade of green and I was getting quite down on ochre pastels” look what was waiting for me in her Red Raw Studio. I have commenced an artwork with lots of greens to have a play with them. As I am now at the stage where I’m going in with the darks and lights (aka wreck it) decided to show you at this stage.
A sunny stroll around the lanes and pastures of Brough Sowerby revealed some lovely flowers. Bluebells, Whitebells, Wild Orchids and May Blossom.
Printathon has taken place this week in preparation for summer art events – starting with this weekends Prom Art. Unfortunately I have run out of card cellos so not all printed will be be on show. Irritation occurred when I didn’t spot lines in the blacks then on a re-print of some items, lines appeared in the blues. Note to self for future “when doing a printathon do some printer maintenance and checks before starting”.
My student Peter from the recent pencil workshop sent me this picture of his completed piece. I think he did rather well.
with cat and landscape prints bookmarks and cards leaving the event ( thank you buyers ). We didn’t finish the picture on the pencil workshop but my student has the techniques to complete the work. I enjoyed attending a tissue paper collage workshop. A few ideas for next years event have been noted. CU again in 2025.
All set up at Warcop Parish Hall. Open Saturday 4th – Monday 6th May 10am – 4pm. Warcop Parish Hall, Warcop, Appleby CA16 6NX
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.
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.
A very hot day yesterday so did a little more painting and went out early evening for some interesting wildlife encounters.
As we approach the end of our stay - a few watercolour sketches from the last few days.
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.
