Last Sketches of Winter

Minor Flooding, River Severn

Almost Spring, Little Wenlock

Lakeside View, Little Wenlock

DS Autumn & Winter Sunsets (+1 Sunrise)

Wishing any browsers a happy and productive 2013. Here's a bunch of recent Nintendo DS sunsets, along with a single sunrise (I am not a morning person, haha).

This year I plan to cut back on any project work and focus on my own explorations. Time is a precious commodity and I've been promising myself a heavy dose of sketchbook scribbling for as long as I can remember. Sometime within the next few weeks I plan to give this blog more attention, and get it back on track for 2013. After all, what's a 'sketch-blog' without regular pencil sketch uploads? False representation, I guess.

River Severn Studies, Buildwas

Some studies done along the banks of a local river...

DS Local Paints: Batch I

I've been busy running my Nintendo DS into the ground by doing a number of plein air speedpaints around my local area. It's a lot of fun and a good excuse to get out of the house and explore my surroundings more thoroughly. Granted, the screen glare can be a bit of a problem sometimes, but I can usually find a shady spot to compensate.

As the title would suggest, this is the first batch and more will follow. It's a little late for New Year resolutions, but I thought it would be cool to try and regularly paint on location throughout the year so as to enjoy the changing seasons.