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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High Peak Trail
03rd July 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Watercolour

High Peak Trail at Cromford in watercolour…

Village Scene
02nd July 2025 - 0 comments

In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art

A very different subject for digital painting in Procreate…

Hunstanton
01st July 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Acrylics

An impression of the Hunstanton coastline at low tide…

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…

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…

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…

Watercolour Sketch
27th June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Watercolour

A postcard size watercolour sketch from earlier in the week…

Southwell Trail
25th June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Watercolour

Tonal watercolour sketch of the Southwell Trail from earlier this year…

Southwell Minster
24th June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Watercolour

Following on from my previous post is another watercolour from late 2023...

Morston Quay
23rd June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Watercolour

A watercolour from late 2023 and one that went well...

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.

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.

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…

Upper Hexgreave
17th June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Digital Art, Procreate, Art

Another in the series of digital paintings completed with the Procreate app and the quoll brush…

Outdoor Oils
16th June 2025 - 0 comments

In: Art, Oils

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.