Aira Force

A quick walk round Aira Force, with local poet Susan Cartwight-Smith, in preparation for an event that we are organising with the Wordsworth Trust,  later in the spring....lovely textures, colours and forms as always....

The bottom bridge isn't accessible as a tree has come down during the recent storms bringing a large part of the surrounding ground down with it, but the top bridge is open. It wasn't the best of days weatherwise, especially after the glorious week we have had, but it was nice to be out. Just a few photos from today - I'm glad I have ones taken on a sunny day for the promotional materials! 

 

Plenty of oil paintings

It's been a tad busy recently - with plenty to do I also had to fit in time to do some oil paintings, as I am now a member of Crafts of the North - a craft co-operative that operates out of the Congregational Hall in Lake Road in Keswick and need something to sell! The problem being the drying time for oils. Anyway a concerted effort ....

Bannerdale Crags from Bowscale tarn.

Looking over Bassenthwaite from Binsey.

Castle Crag, Borrowdale.

Derwentwater.

Scale Force, Buttermere.

Skiddaw from Tewitt Tarn.

Suprise View.

Watendlath Tarn.

Aira Force. 

 

High Cup Nick

A splendid walk - the weather was perfect - if not a little breezy! My favourite outcrop -  the Whin Sill. 

Larch flowers on the way back ..

Eycott Hill Felting workshop II

After an excellent guided walk round Eycott, led by Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Northern Reserve's Officer, we returned to the village hall at Mungrisdale to create our felted pictures. A really enjoyable afternoon - with participants eagre to learn and some lovely results inspired by the morning's walk! 

Eycott Hill felting workshop I

As part of my artist's residency with Cumbria Wildlife Trust we are running a series of workshops that are based on different nature reserves. Yesterday's was based at Eycott Hill, where after an excellent guided tour, by the Trust's Northern Reserves Officer, Kevin Scott, we returned to Mungrisdale Village Hall to learn how to wet felt a picture inspired by the morning's visit...the weather couldn't have been better! With spectacular views there was plenty of inspiration - although I can't but feel that the belted Galloway cattle - heavily in calf, stole the show! The next blog shows our felting results.

Armathwaite sandstone

A lovely walk by the Eden to see the yellow star of Bethlehem...the sandstone, as always, is spectacular with some lovely cross-bedding...

Star of Bethlehem

Today we made the first of our annual plant pilgrimages - we couldn't have chosen a better day! A lovely walk by the Eden, with spring well on its way ...all we needed was a chiff chaff...but we did see peacock butterflies and the yellow star of Bethlehem was perfect.