Here are some more of my current watercolour ‘moodscapes’ series. Hope you like them. You can see the full collection by clicking the Moodscapes tab at the top of this page. Dawn Mist Evening Glow Misty Moorland Peaceful Waters Rainsoaked
I’ve been working on a series of watercolour moodscapes recently. The technique is wet into wet and I used a limited palette of Indian Red, Raw Sienna and Indigo. The form of each image emerged as the painting progressed so even I was surprised by the outcome! Hope the moods resonate with you Misty Rain Autumn Storm Fade to Grey Evening Light Night Draws In
We have just launched our New Collections 2013 Exhibition at Art & Soul. Below are some photographs of the work, including atmospheric landscapes and skyscapes by myself, evocative black and white work in pastels and pencils by Stephen Ormerod, dramatic photographs of Skye and Pendle by Phil Darby and vibrant, spontaneous watercolour and acrylic paintings from nature by Gill Fox. The Exhibition is on until the new year so why not come and take a look? Also if you click on the link below, you can see a short video introduction to the exhibition which was produced for InPadiham.org by David Hines and Nick Howley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-6nBdgN1Yk
I’ve returned to the skyscape series this week. I really enjoyed this one as it just seemed to flow. The mountboard surface holds the pastel really well and so I could create depth through gradual blending and layering. Blue and Pink Sky
In this second of the Pendle series, I’ve zoomed in a little so that the hill is slightly more dominant. Again, it was the lighting effects around the hill that I wanted to capture. This will also shortly be available as a signed limited edition print Sunbeams Over Pendle
Here’s a taster of Art and Soul from our friends at Art Tutor.com. They introduce the clip as Burnley rather than Padiham but as they’re from the distant land of Liverpool, we’ll forgive them. Hope it gives you a sense of what we’re about. Just click the link below and cross your fingers that it’ll work 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/embed/70ZOeV2yh3Y
As promised, here’s the first of the Pendle series: ‘Sunset over Pendle from Roughlee’. I’m pleased with this one because it captures the light effect as the sun begins to disappear behind the horizon. Also I’m always struck by the way clouds catch the warm light of evening. I’ve turned this one into a limited edition print which will be available in three different sizes. Sunset Over Pendle from Roughlee
I’m still working on the Pendle series which I’ll add to the blog soon but here’s a painting of Sunset over Southport Sands that I’ve finished off this week. It had been waiting for me to finish it for a while but as I sold it last week, I thought I’d better finally pull my finger out. I’m pleased with the outcome and will be producing a limited edition print run from it before our exhibition in September Sunset over Southport Sands
Here’s the final Piece, finished a couple of weeks ago. Quite pleased with this one and looking forward to doing some more on a large scale. I’ve also been working on a sunset over Pendle series which I will start posting on my blog soon. Watch this space….
The large skyscape is getting there now I think. The blue-greens (which look like dark blue in the cloud area) have come out a bit strongly on the photograph – they’re a bit softer in reality and I have some more softening and integrating to do yet on those areas. I’ve also got some work to do on the top right section. I put some blue-green on and took it off again yesterday in the right hand area of the clouds, so that will need reworking too. Sometimes it can be like that: backwards and forwards until hopefully it starts to fall into place. We’ll see….
