Category: Lake District
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A much-loved barn?
Here’s a quick pen and ink sketch of a lovely old barn I spotted from the train window on the way to Kendal the other day. I loved the way the old tree seemed to have an arm out protecting the barn!
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Experimenting with pastels
Last week’s session at Windermere Art Society was absolutely fascinating – a workshop on layering pastels over watercolour. We each took along a watercolour painting we weren’t overly happy with, and lovely local artist Shahida Dolan showed us how to add texture, depth and definition by layering soft pastels straight on top of the watercolour.…
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Definitely drawing geese
I thought I’d better practice drawing some of the geese I photographed the other day before I set to work on the actual project – since I’d never tried anything bigger than a swallow before. This is my first attempt, in pen and ink. Not bad if I do say so myself!
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Drawing geese?
I spent some time on the shore of Windermere the other day, taking lots of photos of the Canada geese that frequent (aka run riot in!) the area for a possible new project. And what might that project be? Well, it’s in the very early stages of planning at the moment so it’s all a…
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Watery Waterhead
No more welly boot stands! Yesterday I was back to my comfort zone of Lake District scenery, thanks to a lovely sketching session with a couple of friends at Waterhead (the head of Windermere). The weather was a bit chilly – and showery – so we had a cuppa at the Pier cafe and they…
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Herdies say “hey”
Or should that be “hay”? Anyway, here’s the watercolour version of my hungry sheep! I may still add some detail to the foreground but it’s very much a pen-and-wash so I don’t want to go in too heavy with the paint. What do you think?
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More sheep…
This is my second ever attempt at drawing sheep (a couple of Herdwicks photographed in Keswick) by hand. It’s not perfect (I swear they moved when I wasn’t looking, lol) but they have a certain charm… I’m hoping to do a pen-and-wash style thing by adding watercolour soon so watch this space.
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Spot the sheep!!
Spot the sheep!! This is a slightly crap photo of my latest pen-and-ink-and-watercolour, because the paper buckled and created an odd corrugated effect. It’s of a scene in Coppermines Valley, Coniston that I photographed in dramatic conditions earlier this year. I used blue pastel paper because I happened to have a small piece left over…
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Charity exhibition alert!
New exhibition alert! ‘Wheel of Time’, a charcoal and pastel drawing of one of the old water wheels in Coppermines Valley, Coniston, is on its way to a charity art exhibition in aid of Kendal homelessness charity Manna House, organised by local artist Jess Levine in October. Stay tuned as I’ll have more details soon, including the…
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Nervous of watercolours…
I was too nervous to just plunge in and try watercolours on my latest pen and ink drawing. So, wimp that I am, I scanned it, printed it out on ordinary computer paper, and used the watercolours on that. And… I’m surprised… in a good way, because it’s come out looking much better than I…
