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.
Lockwell Hill
22nd June 2025 - 0 comments
22nd June 2025 - 0 comments
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
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
18th June 2025 - 0 comments
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
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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