Slate Sculpture at the Lake District

Slate Sculpture, Lake District

The weather wasn't that wonderful at the Lake District, so I only managed to complete one life drawing whilst visiting a slate mine. Also visited the John Ruskin museum which was amazing and very inspirational. Some of the detail in his work is incredible, definitely worth a visit.

Summerhill Glen, Douglas, Isle of Man

Dolphin Rocks, Summerhill Glen.

I took some of my art materials with me whilst visiting the Isle of Man, and had the opportunity to create a couple of life drawings. I completed most of the work during my stay but added dark acrylic paint on my return. These two pieces are created using mixed media and consist of pen, graphite crayon, black watercolour pencil/paint and acrylic paint.

I really enjoyed creating these pieces and will certainly make time to do some more life drawing in September, when I visit the Lake District. This will be good experience as I haven't actually done any landscape drawing. I'm hoping to continue my exploration of mark making to create some new and interesting pieces.

Stairway, Summerhill Glen.

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I decided to put together a portfolio of illustrations that I'm currently working on for Wolverhampton University's School of Science. Eventually I will put this on my website, but for now ...