Inspired by Nature Photography Exhibition is showing at Made in the Marches Gallery in Kington, Herefordshire until the end of September 2018. The exhibition will allow you a view into my creative world, capturing magic moments in time when the natural light and nature come together. It transports you into a borrower’s macro, close-up world,…
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Walking with the Ancients
My creativity is inspired by the natural world around us. To walk amongst ancient trees is my most inspirational place to be. I’ve had the pleasure to work with these fine trees through my work in the Conservation Sector over the last 17 years. I love looking up to see shapes and faces in their…
Painting Plein Air
Yesterday I was excited to be heading outside in the sunshine to sketch in the landscape, to feel the sun on my face and sketch what I see in front of me. I’m capturing the landscapes in my local area. These are the hills I see on my travels and I know their names. I…
Creative light…
Walking this evening in the sunshine to see the bluebells…
Nature Inspired
As the ferns are uncurling, this is the time of year which I love the most. Everything awakening, a festival of colour in every direction you walk. I’ve been making the most of the sunshine, sketching in the landscape. Whilst on my walk I discovered these beautiful Early Purple Orchids, amongst Bluebells, Primroses and a…
Sketching in the Brecon Beacons
Pen-Y-Fan in the Brecon Beacons Into the mountains I went, to stretch my legs, connect with nature and sketch what I could see. I was graced by the beautiful weather and on the first evening I heard the curlews calling me. They take me back to an ancient time, it feels like a sound from…
Sunshine to a flower…
On a wander around the garden this evening, this snakeshead fritillary, with its beautiful pattern, caught my eye in the evening light. “Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Laughter is to the soul what sunshine is to a flower.” Peggy Toney Horton You can follow my Instagram feed @thewalkingsketchbook
Lion’s Tooth
I’ve been settling into a new job in the tree world and this is why I’ve been quiet. With bursts of sunshine peeping through those grey clouds, I was itching to get out for a wander with my sketchbook and paints to take in the gardens’ display of rainbow colours before me. It was the…
Forest Bathing
Into the woodland I went today, looking for spring-time signs, flowers and buds emerging, to smell the woodland air and breathe it in, to listen to the bird soundscape with the water flowing over the waterfalls. It was a real treat for the senses, as I wandered by, touching the bark on the trees and…
Castlerigg Stone Circle
I was very excited to visit Castlerigg Stone Circle, on an adventure near Keswick. It’s an amazing place to visit, nestled on a hill top; the plateau it sits on forms a raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells. I was able to see some of the highest peaks in Cumbria,…
The Walking Sketchbook 