DS Landscapes

Church Stretton Strutt

A few DS landscapes of Church Stretton Hills. The last two paintings in this post are from the same area.

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.

DS Dump (Again)

DS Batch (Wales etc...)

Another batch of DS speedpaints. Mostly Welsh landscapes of Ogwen Valley area.

DS Another Landscape Dump

Ercall Quarry, The Wrekin

Morning Oak, Shropshire

Local Studies

River Severn Studies, Buildwas

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

DS Local Paints: Batch II

Second batch of speedpaints done around my local area.

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.