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.

Realview photography blog remains on blogspot. Please follow the Realview Blog tab which links directly to my current photographs and activities.

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Southwell Trail
29th July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Oils
I have tried to paint the Southwell Trail on a number of occasions over the summer but found it very difficult…


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Apples
26th July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Drawing
Following on from yesterday’s post is another drawing. This one was completed at the beginning of last year…


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Watermill
25th July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Drawing
A graphite drawing from 2021 of a watermill…


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High Peak Junction
23rd July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
An outdoor watercolour from a few weeks ago at the High Peak Junction on the Cromford canal...


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Have Another Go…
21st July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Oils
A second attempt at the Patchings lake scene…


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Longshaw Estate
18th July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Oils
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
In: Art, Gouache
The wharf buildings at High Peak Junction painted outdoors in gouache…


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High Peak Trail
03rd July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
High Peak Trail at Cromford in watercolour…


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Village Scene
02nd July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art
A very different subject for digital painting in Procreate…


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Hunstanton
01st July 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Acrylics
An impression of the Hunstanton coastline at low tide…


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Edingley Beck
30th June 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Gouache
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
In: Art, Gouache
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
In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art
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
In: Art, Watercolour
A postcard size watercolour sketch from earlier in the week…


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Southwell Trail
25th June 2025 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
Tonal watercolour sketch of the Southwell Trail from earlier this year…


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


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


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Lockwell Hill
22nd June 2025 - 0 comments
In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art
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
In: Art, Watercolour
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
In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art
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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