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Posted by The Walking Sketchbook on November 5, 2017January 18, 2018

“Thank you for inspiring me to be creative! You are a brilliant teacher and really good at making people believe they can have a go. I have been so excited about the idea of painting all day!”

Sharon Thomas

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It was blowing a Hoolie (a Scottish gale), up on the ridge today. I nearly got blown away! It was a day of all weathers in one walk, wind, rain, hail, snow, sunshine and a rainbow! 🌈 You just couldn’t make it up! I hunkered down beside a gorse bush, to sketch my view. It felt a bit like extreme sketching. I quickly sketched the outline of the Hay Bluff range and coloured with my @rubymountainpaintco Paints. Then, as soon as I looked down and back up, a snow storm came in and wiped out my view. A few minutes later it cleared again. I had some rain and then sunshine again. I couldn’t hear the birds and only saw one try to fly and got blown backwards. I love these variable conditions and how nature responds. Once I had packed up my art materials back into my rucksack, on the wander back, I saw a rainbow over Stanner Rocks, a shelter spot from the wind, I heard the skylarks calling. Lower down off the ridge and in the shelter of the trees, a robin was enjoying a spot of sunshine. A blackbird was looking for grubs and blue tits zipped between hedges. I just love watching them all and the spring flowers appearing along the hedgerows. What creative nature’s have you had today? #thewalkingsketchbook

Sketch outside and connect with nature wherever you are in the world on the 4th & 5th May, 2919. Tag #sketchacrosstheworld on Instagram to join in. 🌍 It would be amazing if you could share this post to spread the creative word. 🤗

Are you planning an outdoor creative adventure this week? #thewalkingsketchbook

On my sketchbook Friday yesterday I went on a creative adventure to #manchesterartgallery to see the incredible Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. ... I arrived to join a 30 minute workshop on drawing hands and feet. So challenging for me as I rarely draw people. If you scroll through the images you will see my attempt at my hand. Good to be out of your comfort zone. Whilst waiting in the queue to see Leonardo’s work, I saw some incredible Lowry paintings. When I finally entered the exhibition room, the paintings were cloaked with low level lighting to protect the sketches, I was focused on how incredible they were and the detail he achieved. If only the drawings could talk. ... ... Materials: Leonardo drew on paper made from clothing rags and often created on both sides. They were exhibited so you could see both sides. He also drew in pen and ink - a pen made from cut goose wing feather, iron gall ink obtained from mixing iron salts with crushed oak- apple galls. I’m so excited that I’ve made some already. Early in his career he drew with a metalpoint- a metal stylus, usually silver, on paper coated with a preparation of ground bone and pigment. He later left those to use natural red and black chalks, to obtain a wider tonal range. He diluted with water sometimes, to add shading, occasionally watercolour for his map creations. Some of the pictures shared, ...... ..... The head of Youth c1510, red and black chalk on orange - red prepared paper. .. The arm of St. Peter c1945 black chalk, preparation for the last supper painting 1498. .. Anatomy oak gall ink. ... ... The Leonardo da Vinci: A life in Drawing is on (1st February- 6th May 2019). They are taking place in the following locations, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton and Sutherland. Following this 200 drawings will be exhibited in London at the Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace. 24 May - 13 October 2019. #manchesterartgallery #leonardodavinci #leonardo500 #inspiration #oakgallink #artinspiration

My @davidmullinslipware birdy plate has made its way home, from the exhibition @madeinthemarchesgallery He’s making friends with the puffin sculpture. 🍃 #davidmullinslipware

I’ve had a fabulous afternoon at @madeinthemarchesgallery in Kington, to see the exhibition of Anglo-welsh Slipware and paintings. I loved looking through Siwan Gillicks sketchbook - she’s known on Instagram as @cadiowain It’s on tomorrow 3rd March 11am-6pm Monday 4th March 11am -6pm. It’s definitely worth a visit. I might have purchased a few things. This fabulous painting by @cadiowain , a Slipware mug by @nigel.lambert and a birdy plate has my name on it with @davidmullinslipware It was lovely to meet @susansmithart in the Gallery. I love the way Instagram creative folk come together. So as you can see lots of tempting things to see and people to meet. It’s open till 7.30pm tonight, so head over or you still have tomorrow or Monday.

For #momentsketchers this weekend I ventured to paint #bramptonbryan hill, the view from the parkland. It’s been on my mind since I visited the other week. The weather was breezy with rain due to come in, so I quickly decided to paint with my new set of #icelandicpaints from @rubymountainpaintco which arrived this week. The colours were perfect for the red Bracken on the hill. I combined them with my @jherbininks, patiently waiting in between one drying before applying the other. Whilst waiting I noticed the big oaks trees in the avenue have #oakdecline, a tree disease, and they are mulching around the base with wood chip. I wished these fine trees well and I hope they stay. The parkland is stuffed with incredible trees which could tell a story or two for sure. Following my creative adventure out in the cold wind, I was in need of a visit to @aardvarkbookscafe for a very tasty dark hot chocolate and piece of flapjack in front of the wood burner to warm me up, whilst I perused the arty book section. Later at home I still felt something was missing from my painting, so words have appeared about my visit. The swirling wind adding my soundscape completes my painting for today. Perfect! (Scroll to the left to see all my photos from today). I’m so looking forward to seeing what everyone creates this month. #thewalkingsketchbook

Sketchbook drawing with ink. Love these #jherbin colours. #thewalkingsketchbook

Dancing Catkins in the sunshine today on my lunch time wander. #connectingwithnature #thewalkingsketchbook #catkins #hazelcatkins

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