If I don’t draw and paint every day I don’t know when I will. I started trying to teach myself to draw and paint properly in 2011, but it was a side project to help fill the walls of my pottery studio. And over 2011 and 2012 I would fill quite a few sketchbooks, especially […]
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Blackpool Burger Bar Burgers, Donuts, Fish and Chips Blackpool is a hive of activity, selling food to holiday makers along the seafront is a lucrative business. every space is taken up between food and B&Bs and even entertainment. Original A4 watercolour painting with drawing in ink and posca markers. This screams Blackpool Lots of
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North Blackpool Start of the illuminations Plenty of people get food here Before walking through the illuminations Buy here Bispham Kitchen Fish and Chips The Start of the Illuminations At the north end of the illuminations, plenty of people stop here grab fish and chips and then walk through the tableaux section of the illuminations
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Sketchbook Adventures The Stone Grill More Blackpool architecture that overlooks the seafront. I enjoy working quickly especially as this paper absorbs ink, especially if you hold the pen still even for a fraction of a second. It can be a fun challenge working fast enough whilst still retaining the readability of the sketch. This drawing
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Golden Mile Amusements A stones throw from Blackpool’s golden sands The Golden Mile in Blackpool lies between the Pleasure Beach in the South with the South Pier past all the amusements, the Blackpool Tower and finishes at the North Pier. This stretch is Golden because it is where all the foot traffic is and you
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Golden Mile Attractions Carousel We’ve Got It Central Market Buy Here Pat’s 10p Bingo! We’ve Got it on the Golden Mile I love how blocks of buildings can be so different in Blackpool, all built at different times to different specifications, and some going through a variety of transformations over the years. They don’t fit
Something a bit different Drawn with Posca Markers No Watercolour Love the yellow lines Available to buy here Food 2 Go Fish and Chips Fish and Chips on the Blackpool Seafront I can’t personally recommend the fish and chips here as I have never eaten from this shop myself. The combination of buildings along the
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Birley Street Blackpool Or here lies the local Warhammer Store My dad is a wargame miniature enthusiast, when I was growing up he collected Napoleonic figures so as we were old enough he started playing Games Workshop games with us like Hero Quest and Space Crusade. I remember as a small child going to the
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A personal favourite Blackpool Seafront Interesting Architecture Splashes of colours Click here to buy on etsy Robert’s Oyster Bar Blackpool Sea Front A personal favourite of mine that I have painted in 2021, I just loved the colours and the shapes of all the buildings and how they work together. Especially with the clouds they
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