This is where it all started – Watercolour in a Watercolour Moleskine
My resolution was to try to fill a Moleskine with snow scenes, painting at least one a day. (23 this year so far). This might explain why most of my recent stuff is similar in style. I thought about this when we visited the west of the country last year. This scene shows Ben Arthur – The Cobbler which I photographed during the visit. I was presented with an A4 Moleskine at Christmas and have managed to fill half of it so far. Now with our snow gone I’m reduced to painting from photographs like this one so the pressure is off. I don’t know how some of you, who do this for a living or who have set goals of one a day, manage. At least I now have an excuse but – hey, more snow is forecast for the weekend. I might just be back on the treadmill again!
roseindigo 11:01 am on January 26, 2010 | #
Another lovely landscape—and it still looks like winter to me!
Nuria 12:14 pm on January 26, 2010 | #
Wonderful landscape Bob!.
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¡Maravilloso paisaje Bob!.:-)
eon scott 8:28 pm on January 26, 2010 | #
as always, a great landscape with beautiful composition! Keep ‘em coming!
Joseph R Tomlinson 11:30 pm on January 26, 2010 | #
i’ve been enjoying this series! i tried to do the sketch a day thing, made it for a little over three months. it is tough, my hat is off to those who can do it.
trebor61 8:29 am on January 27, 2010 | #
Thank you all for looking at, and sending comments, on this wee scene.
Rose. This was copied from a photo taken in the Autumn when the peaks were beginning to get a dusting of snow. Lots of our highest peaks, however, retain some snow throughout the year.
Nuria. You always take time to send me a greeting.
Eon. I’m actually getting a bit stale and running out of stuff to inspire me. Maybe another storm might help.
Joe. I’m almost admitting defeat on this regular stuff. I think 3 months might be a bit too much.
roseindigo 2:59 pm on January 27, 2010 | #
The more I look at this scene the more I like it. I think the composition is perfection, and I love those large landscapes where human activity looks insignificant. That’s one of the reasons I like the American West because we still have many places like that. In this particular scene the dark splashes could be either dark forest or cloud shadows on the land, the latter being another one of my favorite things to see. I think this is a really, really, really nice piece because it speaks to me.