Work continues as normal for me during the current Covid19 lockdown. Sketching, paintings and getting out on short local walks is really my daily routine. I am able to get lots of preliminary work done for the Lakeland 365 project. These sketches get posted as a daily “Guess the fell”…
Following the launch of my idea to frame up the pages of the faulty copies of The Wainwrights in Colour books to help raise funds for Mountain Rescue, I have been busy this week mounting the pages and dispatching them out to customers. The fells chosen by customers are a…
Following the recent completion of my watercolour painting of Striding Edge on Helvellyn (which you can read about here) I am continuing with the “Classic View” theme by presenting this new watercolour below of Hay Stacks from Peggy’s Bridge. This scene is one that is often observed by those who…
Hay Stacks summit sketch. Things are very busy for me behind the scenes at the minute as I prepare and produce new work. I have an exhibition and more talks planned for the summer and I will post more news on those events shortly. In the meantime, some of my…
Blencathra trig ring- now gone. Blencathra trig marker. Obviously when researching the references for The Wainwrights in Colour book I could only record the elements of the sketch as they were on my visit. As the whole project took ten years to complete there will have been changes to some…
Andy Beck Artist News. Read how The Wainwrights in Colour book fared at this years Lakeland Book of the Year Awards held yesterday in Kendal. Click on this link to find out Back to home page Andy Beck- Having been a professional artist since leaving the Royal Air Force Regiment…
Imitation=highest form of flattery. In the ten years of working on The Wainwrights in Colour and painting the Wainwrights I was concerned that someone would come along and try to steal my thunder by either copying my idea. In fact there was another artist who attempted to do so but…
Award for The Wainwrights in Colour. Proud and honoured to have been awarded the BBC Countryfile Magazine Book of the Year. To find out more information and to take up a Special Offer on book orders then click here. Thank you to everyone who took time to vote. And…
What can I say….. Many thanks to all of you who voted in the recent BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards. Thanks to your support and votes I am proud and honoured to announce that today I was informed that The Wainwrights in Colour Book took the accolade ahead of some other…
I WON! Well, what can I say? Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions when the winners of The Great Outdoor Magazine Readers Awards 2017 were announced and needless to say as you can tell form the post heading, I WON! Honoured, proud and not to say somewhat surprised to…
