Ulverston – scribblah

Taking The Line Forward: 1

Here’s what I decided to do with my Birkrigg Common sketch that I posted yesterday (with the Hoad Lighthouse above Ulverston in the background). I did a few of these linear sketches on my recent holiday and I’m working into this one with some watercolour washes. I like blending watercolours directly onto the paper (Khadi). Plenty more toContinue reading “Taking The Line Forward: 1”

Starting With Line: 6

Decisions! Decisions! Here’s the other half of my Birkrigg Common sketch that I posted yesterday. This clearly shows the Hoad Lighthouse, that towers above Ulverston, whose name invokes a “wolf warrior”. I did a few of these linear sketches on my recent holiday and now I have to decide what to do with them. ContinueContinue reading “Starting With Line: 6”

Goodbye Bouldering Wall …

Here are a couple of post-bouldering sketches I did, still at The Wall in Ulverston, but at the end of the session when people were having a rest. This climber was nice and still as he had a sit-down after a strenuous climb. And this one took a breather standing up, but quite still, so easier toContinue reading “Goodbye Bouldering Wall …”

Scribbling Bouldering 6.

Here are the last few drawings from my visit to Ulverston’s “The Wall” with my young relatives. While they and Husb bouldered, I sat and sketched. These few below are the first ones I did, extra speedy to warm up.

Scribbling Bouldering 5.

Here’s another couple of scribbles from The Wall in Ulverston, where Husb and I visited last week. He bouldered with some of our younger relatives while I scribbled. Here are some very quick sketches of two of the littler ones.

Scribbling Bouldering 4.

Husb and I spent a few days in The Lake District last week, in the lovely little town of Ulverston. Husb and our younger relatives went on the climbing wall, doing bouldering. Of course, I had to have a scribble. It’s great to draw people in strange poses that I normally wouldn’t see. I had to be quick too,Continue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 4.”

Scribbling Bouldering 3.

Here’s another scribble from The Wall in Ulverston, where Husb and I visited last week. He bouldered, I scribbled. Here he is with some snazzy handholds and footholds, which look a bit like pebbles and gems strewn across a beach after I’ve tweaked them in Adobe Photoshop . Sensibly, there were some very deep fallContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 3.”

Scribbling Bouldering 2.

I went to The Wall in Ulverston when I was there last week, not to climb, but to sketch. Climbers twisted themselves into some great shapes, but I had to draw quickly. The bouldering wall is covered in odd, bright shapes, handholds and footholds. I put photos of them through Adobe Photoshop to go withContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 2.”

Scribbling Bouldering 1.

Husb and I spent a few days in The Lake District last week, in the lovely little town of Ulverston. Husb joined some of our young relatives on the climbing wall. The technique is called bouldering and I’d never heard of it before. Of course, I had to have a scribble. It was a greatContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 1.”

Been On Holiday

Husb and I have been on holiday, visiting relatives in Cumbria, the Lake District. We spent some time in Ulverston, one of our favourite places, almost 750 years old and the birthplace of the comedy actor Stan Laurel. We came across these two, masked up, in an alleyway in Ulverston, close by the town’s LaurelContinue reading “Been On Holiday”