July at Westport lake.

Posted on December 14, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cafe, Cold, cormorants, July, Longport, Sketch, Staffordshire, Staffordshire wildlife Trust, Stoke-on trent, View, Weather, Westport lake, WinterLeave a comment

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It’s good to look back at old drawings as the days grow colder and shorter. Remembering warmth and colour, the view from the cafe there, then a gentle walk round the lake. Watching the place mature over the years, the trees have grown up so tall. Now Staffordshire wildlife have taken over running the site there has been a programme instigated to improve the area and make it more wildlife friendly. I saw four cormorants perched on a man made island there a couple of months ago. I thought these birds were costal, but maybe they are coming inland like gulls.

Must visit again in the near future, maybe if it snows…. Then I can re draw this scene…

Lunch in the mist

Posted on November 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Countryside, Food, Pub, Public house, Red cow, Restaurant, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, View, WerringtonLeave a comment

I just wrote a blog post about taking my sister out to lunch at the Red Cow at Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. But I fell asleep and pressed the wrong button, so the description and information disappeared!

I was trying to say the view from the restaurant is wonderful and the food was great. Hot, tasty, delicious.

The leaves that are remaining on the trees are sparkling with copper, gold and bronze, the fields are still green.

Anyway I’m posting this now because I’ve dozed off again three times already.

Reflected

Posted on September 9, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Cafe, Mirrors, Reflections, Trentham, Trentham Gardens, ViewLeave a comment

When I’m typing on my phone I take my glasses off to see the screen. So when I took this photo I didn’t realise I was looking at my reflection, I thought we were in a much bigger room with a view through to windows at the far end. It was only when I zoomed in that I realised the blurred figures in the image are me and my hubby! It’s funny how the eyes can be fooled. It’s a cafe in the shopping village at Trentham Gardens.

Figurehead

Posted on August 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Holiday, Hot, Life, Llandudno, Orme head, Posiedon, R&BT cafe, Sea, Sea must, Sea view, Sketch, Toll road, Urban sketch, ViewLeave a comment

I was startled to meet this figurehead at R&B T cafe on the toll road around the Great Orme today. He’s a ships figure head and the cafe owner said he is victorian. Most figureheads are female so he is unusual. He doesn’t have a name so I suggested Posiedon.

I did a drawing of him and the owner liked it so much he asked me for it. He’s going to get it framed. So all I have is a photo of the figurehead and my drawing, and of course a nice memory.

To find the cafe you take the Toll Road from the ski centre side of the Great Orme mountain. The marine drive takes you around the base of the mountain. There are sea views across to Anglesey, and Conwy and Conwy Castle. Today though it was very misty. There was not much of a view just a haze as we looked out from the cafe’s viewing platform. (Which is up some steps at the back of the cafe.)

To paint or draw the view.

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buildings, Possible drawing, Possible painting, Rain, Sun, View, Walls, Weather2 Comments

Sometimes seaside towns are all pastel colours, peaches and primrose yellows or burnt orange and duck egg blues. But sometimes only the frontages are painted, I guess because people don’t have the money to paint the backs, or the weather is generally too bad and it wipes the colour away, washes the walls and the sun bleaches the buildings.

I think I might paint the view but add bright colours? Or I could stick with a muted palette. I have a sketchbook and I’m armed with a marker pen. Will see how I feel in the morning.

View of Trentham lake.

Posted on July 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Landscape, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Trentham, Trentham Lake, ViewLeave a comment

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This is a few years old but I painted it while I was up on top of the hill by Trentham monument. It’s looking back towards the potteries with Trentham lake in the middle ground, obscured to some extent by the trees on the hill. I’m not that good at landscapes (this is acrylic on canvas). I guess it’s in my own style but it’s a little bit splodgy.

Anyway the reason for posting this is to inspire myself to do a few more. Perhaps we can get out into the open air this week and take some photos to work from.

Yesterday at Westport lake

Posted on July 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Biro, Drawing, Landscape, Longport, Sketch, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, View, Westport lakeLeave a comment

It’s hot, I’m tired, I can’t sleep. I got a bit burned in the sun yesterday while I was drawing at Westport lake. These are just quick biro sketches on a Crawford and Black A4 130gsm cartridge paper sketch pad. Excuse the setting I don’t have many bright areas in the house that are shadow free so I ended up propping them up on the gas oven. Ah the joys of photography at 3am! Night all!

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