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.
Realview photography blog remains on blogspot. Please follow the Realview Blog tab which links directly to my current photographs and activities.
Upper Hexgreave
17th June 2025 - 0 comments
17th June 2025 - 0 comments
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
16th June 2025 - 0 comments
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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Sharp Showers
07th June 2025 - 0 comments
07th June 2025 - 0 comments
A digital painting from a photo taken today showing sharp showers arriving from the South West.
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Combs Lane #2
03rd June 2025 - 0 comments
03rd June 2025 - 0 comments
A second digital painting from Combs Lane using Procreate, one layer, and the artistic quoll brush.
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Combs Lane
02nd June 2025 - 0 comments
02nd June 2025 - 0 comments
A local scene painted digitally with Procreate, using one layer and the ‘artistic’ quoll brush.
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Clumber Park Watercolour
02nd July 2023 - 0 comments
02nd July 2023 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
After an initial burst with this blog, I have found it more difficult to post regularly. This is not due to a lack of artwork but more about what I want to show and discuss.
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Sunset on the Trent
30th April 2023 - 0 comments
30th April 2023 - 0 comments
Two versions of a sunset scene from a photograph taken along the River Trent in February. The first is a digital painting completed in Procreate and the second is a watercolour.
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Willow on the Trent
24th April 2023 - 0 comments
24th April 2023 - 0 comments
The first landscape oil painting is now complete (see my previous post 20th March 2023). The scene was painted from a photography taken last year and features an autumnal willow on the banks of the River Trent near to Fiskerton.
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Nottingham Station - Urban Sketch
02nd April 2023 - 0 comments
02nd April 2023 - 0 comments
In: Urban Sketch, Art
I really enjoy the freedom of sketching where wobbly lines, a bit of scribble, and a loose application of colour are all acceptable…
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Tonal Watercolour
26th March 2023 - 0 comments
26th March 2023 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
Painting with one colour can simplify the watercolour decision making process. It removes all considerations of colour and colour mixing, allowing the concentration to be centred on the tones and the brush marks…
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Water Mixable Oil Paints
20th March 2023 - 0 comments
20th March 2023 - 0 comments
Using oil paints is one of my development goals for 2023. The aim is being able to adapt to the subjects I want to paint which, at this moment in time, is aspects of my local landscape.
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Neocolor II
12th March 2023 - 0 comments
12th March 2023 - 0 comments
In: Neocolor II, Art
Crayons for Xmas for the first time in many decades! What’s more, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II look like any kids set except they are highly pigmented and crucially for me, water soluble...
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The Shutters in Watercolour
08th March 2023 - 0 comments
08th March 2023 - 0 comments
In: Art, Watercolour
I often credit blogging for developing my photography. The act of posting provided a prompt to go out and take pictures, expand my photographic subjects, develop themes and a structured workflow.
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