Tag: Coniston

  • Spot the sheep!!

    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…

  • Charity exhibition alert!

    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…

  • Distant hills…

    Distant hills…

    Does anyone else remember that old piece of music? It was the B side for Eye Level, way back in the days when music still came on little round bits of vinyl. I’m showing my age. Anyway, moving on… I had coffee with a friend at the Mission cafe in Windermere this morning, and couldn’t…