Photo of the day (Christmas sunset)
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Photo of the day (Sheffield cityscape)
Sometimes an innocent visit to the cinema presents a stunning opportunity for a freakish cityscape shot. I’ve saturated the purples in the shot slightly, but the sky really was the strangest of colours.
Photo of the day (Dinnington at night).
Storms are not the best environments to venture outside. However, they do present opportunities for photographers.
Continue readingTips for sketching #10 (light and shadow)
Regular visitors to my blog will know that I’m a big fan of the dark fantasy genre of art. This typically involves working in black and white to create a tense and brooding atmosphere.
There are many recurring tropes to this style of drawing and I want to explore how light and shadow specifically can be used to great effect.
Continue readingPhoto of the day (Porthcawl sea front)
Photo of the day (Melrose Abbey)
I had the pleasure of visiting Melrose in Scotland today through work and couldn’t resist visiting this beautiful abbey. Fun fact – the abbey has a gargoyle shaped like a pig playing the bagpipes!
Photo of the day (Spider Bridge).
Would you walk along this bridge at night?
Tips for sketching #9 (feedback)
Receiving feedback on your work is so important if you want to improve. Presenting your work to others can be scary though. Drawing can be intensely personal, so it’s understandable that you might get defensive about it.
Continue readingPhoto of the day (Snowscape).
Occasionally the British weather catches you off guard and you wake up to blankets of snow. The unpredictability and extremes of weather is both one of the nice and challenging facets of living in the UK.
Occasionally too, you get an unexpected benefit from sharing your photographs on X (Twitter). GMTV contacted me about featuring this image on the Lorraine show today, so of course I had to include it as my photo of the day 🙂
Photo of the day (Fog on the Tyne).
A couple of days away in the fair city of Newcastle gave me an opportunity for a jog along the river Tyne. I couldn’t resist stopping to take this atmospheric shot.
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