News about the Wainwrights in Colour project.
The finishing touches. Someone on social media asked me the other day if I was now going to have some time off after completing the mammoth task of The Wainwrights in Colour. Sadly this will not happen just yet, although all the sketches are done and the book is at…
The presses are rolling. Exciting news! After the delays of colour matching and other hiccups I am now really pleased to announce that the book is now on the presses. I had a day up at Elanders in North Shields yesterday and passed off the proofs to begin the process…
Book Launch postponed- important news. This is just a short blog post to explain that for reasons beyond my control I have reluctantly had to postpone the date for the book launch. The new date is the first weekend in May 2017 with the official launch evening (ticket only) on…
As the launch day for The Wainwrights in Colour book gets ever nearer I am up to me eyes in work regarding finalising the production and promotion of the work and needless to say it is both very stressful and exciting. I cannot thank you all enough for the reaction…
Here’s your chance to win a framed original sketch that I completed for the Wainwrights in Colour project. The sketch from the Burnbank Fell chapter was the only painting from the whole series that I was asked to re-draw at the clients request. It is very similar to the one…
Pre-Christmas giveaway. I can only say that I am overwhelmed by the response to my last blog post about the Wainwrights in Colour Book launch here. I have spent many hours in the past week adding new names to the list of those who require a copy or copies of…
The date is set…… Final touches to the book are being made and the last couple of fells are having the ultimate sketches completed. I have made a date commitment and after liaising with the event location for the launch I can now announce that the publication for this long…
The story behind the sketches- No1 Rampsgill Head. As I am in the process of putting the finishing touches to the text for the Wainwrights in Colour Book (more news on that to be posted shortly), I often get frustrated that the limitations in the design of the book means that…
When I was over in Ambleside giving the talks for the Festival of the Fells I was asked many interesting questions about the Wainwrights in Colour project and the sketches. It became apparent that not everyone has grasped the concept about the original paintings. Three years into the undertaking I held…
Talking with a passion. Well that was fun! We have just returned from a couple of days over in Ambleside where, as you may have read in my previous post I was there to give talks on my Wainwrights in Colour project as part of the Festival of the Fells.…
