The Best of March 2021. Another month goes by…. A combination of still being restricted to movements due to lockdown and being very busy behind the scenes with other business commitments my time for getting out with the camera in March was limited. However, Bailey still needed his daily walks…
A gallery of images from the month of February Another month has passed with the continued lockdown restrictions. Once again this meant that my travels were limited. A couple of trips down to the local town but nothing further afield. As frustrating as this is I prefer to stick to…
Making a swatch chart for watercolours This is one of those tasks which helps to not only be more organised in the studio but it is also quite fun to do. Any artist can do it and making a simple chart such as this can inspire the use of new…
Bowes Museum takes the prize. Well, getting up early on a January morning seems to have been well worth the effort. Those of you who read my blog post here will recall my trip down to the Post Office which resulted in some rather good images. One in particular I…
On Location 1st July 2020 Parking: for the walk through the meadows I parked in Muker village. There is either limited roadside parking at the west end of the village or a pay and display park at the east end. Route map: click on the arrow to play the route.…
A gallery of images from January 2021 The year 2021 started off in familar territory….literally. Once again the county was put under strict lockdown measures due to Covid19. Like everyone else this has meant me staying close to home for daily exercise. Fortunately, living in such a beautiful area with…
Artwork sketchbook August 2020 The weather has been quite good during the month of August so I took the opportunity to get out and practice my plein air sketching. Nearly all of these pages were produced in the one book. It was a 5″ x 7″ spiral bound book which…
On Location 15th Jan 2021 The forecast looked promising so an early breakfast was taken before I headed down to our local town of Barnard Castle here in County Durham. The previous day had seen a decent amount of snowfall and overnight a hard frost had crisped everything up. Driving…
On Location 15th January 2021. Bright sunshine on snow covered fields makes an almost perfect combination for winter photographs. Even better if such subjects are right on your doorstep. So it was on this day. A good fall of snow had fallen the day before and unusually for here in…
A new film on You Tube Armboth Fell in the central region of the lake district has a bit of a reputation. And it’s not a good one….it is wet, very wet. In this new film I take a walk over not only Armboth Fell but also its near neighbour,…
