Pembrokeshire

I recently visited beautiful Pembrokeshire for the first time, so here are some holiday photos that might soon make an appearance as a sketch, painting or print!

A bit more experimentation with printing

I had a bit of a break for the first part of this year from the printing after my initial excitement. To get me back into the swing of things with some "quick wins" I got hold of some scratch foam and started to play around with it. I'm pretty pleased with the results as each one of these only took me a couple of hours.

The completed painting!!

This one was actually completed some time ago, but I never got around to posting it, so thought I better do it now before I post my more recent images.

A work in progress...

This is a view from a recent walk I took up the Stiperstones in Shropshire. It was an absolutely beautiful February day, but I admit I have made it look much moodier in this painting. I've gone for quite a muted pallette, as I want to have a go at drawing over the top (got me a new fine line Sharpie!). Results to follow, fingers crossed...

Mackerel at a Fish Market

I've decided I need to spend some time working on subject matter that is not trees....and for some reason Mackerel in a fish market was the first thing that popped into my mind. Now I'm assuming that in the depths of my subconscious I had remembered the amazing colours in a fish market, but I can't quite say why this had suddenly come to me. Nevermind, I'm quite pleased with it anyway. What do you think? (Please excuse the reflection -I was so excited I already framed it!)

Im back!

I've been away for a little while as my laptop sadly passed into the "scrap" stage of it's life. to be taken apart and used for spare parts by someone much smarter than myself! However, I haven't been idle over the festive period and just to prove it here are a few photos to show what I've been up to.