Great Gable- 5″x7″ sketch Is there a more majestic Wainwright fell than the mighty Great Gable? I don’t think so. These were the thoughts going through my head in the past couple of days as I was working on a new small pen and watercolour sketch of said fell. Last…
The results are in! This year’s theme for Guess the Fell Quiz 2022: Figures on the Fells Below are the results for this year’s Guess the Fell quiz. Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to the winners. The grid reference section proved to be interesting and took…
Layers of Fells- A “Guess the fell” Special As many of you will know, we have been really busy recently at a variety of shows and events across the north of England. It has been great to meet many of you who follow me either through this website or via…
A more unusual route to take in these two Wainwright Fells On Location: 22nd April 2021 Parking: Limited parking space near St Anne’s farm, Grassgarth. Please be considerate to farmers and other users of the byway. GR: SD4417 9960 Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX…
Glenridding Dodd walk. I am working my way through the backlog of films in my archive. I tend to edit these in the evenings after I have been painting and sketching during the day. Hence the reason they are not already posted. Yesterday I uploaded onto Youtube the latest, a…
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…
I am just back from another great weekend promoting and selling The Wainwrights in Colour book. This was the third time that we had been at Keswick Mountain Festival and amazingly this was the best so far. The weather was better than expected, the rain that was forecast for the…
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…
New project underway. The Lakeland 365 The observant amongst you may have noticed a new feature on this website’s front page, The Lakeland 365. This is a new project which I have recently embarked upon. This is no way as big or intense as The Wainwrights in Colour but it…
Last night marked a significant milestone for The Wainwrights in Colour project as the final sketches of all 214 fells were framed, with Lank Rigg being the last. The completion of all 1500 sketches had occurred earlier, but the framing was delayed for final book touches. The artist experienced a quiet satisfaction rather than overt emotion, looking forward to the project’s culmination and customer reactions at the book launch in Kendal.
