Tag: Cumbrian art
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An old church and a swallow…
These are the latest doodles from my journal – a couple of quick sketches of a lovely cross-country walk from Lakeside/Newby Bridge to Finsthwaite on Saturday. The village turned out to be incredibly pretty, and quiet as it’s off the “beaten track” and less accessible to tourists. We spent a happy few minutes poking about…
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Pictures at an exhibition
I spent the day getting my pictures ready for the Cumbria Local Arts exhibition in Grasmere in 4 days’ time, including a last check over before wrapping them carefully in Bubblewrap. Waah! I’ll miss them. But hopefully they’ll go to nice homes, and if not I’ll have them back again the following week! If you…
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Bridge House in pen and ink
I was determined to do something arty on Thursday in spite of the art society session being cancelled (ice at venue, very understandable). So I grabbed paper, fineliner pen and a photo I took of the Bridge House at Ambleside a few days ago and set to work to produce this. The proportions aren’t 100%…
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Cartmel Priory gatehouse #2
And this is the other side of the medieval priory gatehouse in Cartmel, Cumbria. My hand was shaking a bit when I was drawing this yesterday (long-term wrist injury, sigh) so it’s a bit… scratchier than I’d have liked. But you start to get a sense of just how massive it is – and I…
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New pen drawing
I messed around with a fineliner pen again last night while watching the snooker and this is the result. It’s the wonderful medieval priory gatehouse in Cartmel which I’ve been itching to draw for a while. Some of the perspectives were quite complex but I’m pleased with the way it came out…
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Hide and sheep!
I’m still experimenting with drawing from scratch in fineliner pen/ink and it’s much better than I expected. This is a little scene of three Herdwick sheep trying to convince everyone they were hidden behind a tree and a fence post, which I snapped near Hawkshead earlier this year. I’m thinking of calling it Hide and…
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Pen and ink
I had loads of fun at Windermere Art Society last night learning ink, pen and chalk techniques from local artist Stuart Grey. Most of this little picture (of the gateway at Sedbergh church in Cumbria) was done with liquid ink and a sponge with details in fineliner pen and good old fashioned white chalk. I’m…
fiona glass art 