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.
The Ness
07th February 2026 - 0 comments
A tonal watercolour of The Ness at Shaldon with heavy rain clouds…


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Hope’s Nose (2)
06th February 2026 - 0 comments
In: Art, Oils
Hope’s Nose viewed from Teignmouth, this time in oils…


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Hope’s Nose Sunset
21st January 2026 - 0 comments
A sketchbook watercolour of a sunset/twilight scene looking from Teignmouth towards Hope’s Nose…


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The Ness
20th January 2026 - 0 comments
A quick watercolour sketch of The Ness in Shaldon…


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Digital Sketch
02nd November 2025 - 0 comments
A digital sketch in Art Set 4…


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St Michael’s Mount
03rd August 2025 - 0 comments
A watercolour painted last year of St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall…


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Charcoal Portrait
01st August 2025 - 0 comments
This is my first attempt at a portrait, using charcoal on paper…


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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
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
A graphite drawing from 2021 of a watermill…


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High Peak Junction
23rd July 2025 - 0 comments
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
The wharf buildings at High Peak Junction painted outdoors in gouache…


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


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


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


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Edingley Beck
30th June 2025 - 0 comments
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
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 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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