Art Blog

From 2023 the news area of Realview Photography is being repurposed as an art blog. It aims to chart my art journey providing feedback on progress, techniques and materials. Blogging proved to be useful for the development of my photography and I hope to gain the same benefit for my artwork.

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Longshaw Estate
18th July 2025 - 0 comments
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One from last month, using oil paints outdoors for the first time at the Longshaw Estate…


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High Peak Junction
14th July 2025 - 0 comments
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The wharf buildings at High Peak Junction painted outdoors in gouache…


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High Peak Trail
03rd July 2025 - 0 comments
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High Peak Trail at Cromford in watercolour…


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Village Scene
02nd July 2025 - 0 comments
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A very different subject for digital painting in Procreate…


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Hunstanton
01st July 2025 - 0 comments
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An impression of the Hunstanton coastline at low tide…


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Edingley Beck
30th June 2025 - 0 comments
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A small gouache study (approx. 13cm x 8cm on beige paper) of a scene captured yesterday…


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Gouache to the Rescue?
29th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Painting outdoors is difficult but it still remains one of my most enjoyable art activities…


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Digital Painting Outdoors
28th June 2025 - 0 comments
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In a recent post I posed a question about painting outdoors with the iPad (22nd June 2025) and this week I decided to give it a go…


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Watercolour Sketch
27th June 2025 - 0 comments
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A postcard size watercolour sketch from earlier in the week…


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Southwell Trail
25th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Tonal watercolour sketch of the Southwell Trail from earlier this year…


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Southwell Minster
24th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Following on from my previous post is another watercolour from late 2023...


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Morston Quay
23rd June 2025 - 0 comments
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A watercolour from late 2023 and one that went well...


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Lockwell Hill
22nd June 2025 - 0 comments
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A digital painting based on a photograph taken yesterday afternoon on the Southwell Trail looking in the direction of Lockwell Hill.


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Longshaw Estate
21st June 2025 - 0 comments
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A quick watercolour sketch from the Longshaw Estate in the Peak District, with Higger Tor in the background.


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Hexgreave Estate
18th June 2025 - 0 comments
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A digital painting using Procreate, one layer, and the quoll brush. The scene is the path across the Hexgreave Estate toward Kirklington…


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Upper Hexgreave
17th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Another in the series of digital paintings completed with the Procreate app and the quoll brush…


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Outdoor Oils
16th June 2025 - 0 comments
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I would normally use watercolour or perhaps gouache for outdoor painting, so working in oils at Patchings Art Centre’s NGS painting day was a very different experience.


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Southwell Trail
14th June 2025 - 0 comments
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A new digital painting of a local scene on the Southwell Trail…


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Yorkshire Dales Watercolour
13th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Watercolour of a Yorkshire Dales scene…


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Combs Lane #3
12th June 2025 - 0 comments
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Continuing a series of digital paintings from photo references taken around Combs Lane…


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