Rainy Day Thoughts
Rainy Day Thoughts: A time and a season
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 …
I am the sea I live by the sea I dream of the sea I am the sea Waves washing Against the shore Crackling through rocks I live by the sea I dream of the sea I am the sea Grinding down Eroding everything Until it is sand I live …
Such a fun word, Largs means “the slopes” Vikings and scots battled here home of Vikingar! Buy here Largs Sea Front Views A strange sort of tourist trap My wife is from East Ayrshire in Scotland so when we are visiting we often visit Largs seafront, visit the Viking Museum, go on the ferry, eat …
High Street Butcher not a charity shop in Cleveleys centre fun lettering Buy here Scottish Meat Market Cleveleys’ Visible Butcher I suppose one could say all sorts about Cleveleys Meat Market… Okay I can’t but you know its there and it has been there for a long time. Original Drawing of the Scottish Meat Market …
Cleveleys Town Centre just pen and ink I made a series without watercolour Love the colour of this blue ink buy here We Don’t Promote Gambling It’s just the shapes were interesting I promise it has very little to do with gambling as I don’t do it myself and none of my art so far …
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 …
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 …
Fleetwood High Street My local town Towering facades Buy here Lord Street Deli A towering building I love the variety of buildings on the Fleetwood High Street, it is also a nice walk that follows the tram tracks through Fleetwood itself. A4 watercolour painting on paper
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 …