My view of Barkers Pool Sheffield

I was up 'til 2.30 this morning to get this far - just couldn't stop! I even straightened the guttering on the red building - perhaps I should have done that on the original detail design drawings I helped on in 1986! Need to erase all the dirty marks left by my T-square, yes T-square, I'm a bit of a Luddite, or maybe re-writing history as is the fad for the last 5 years. 

Sheffield Skyline

Sheffield Skyline looking up Fitzwilliam Street towards the University Arts Tower - that's where I spent the last 2 (of 5) years of my university career - a long way up (20 storeys) and a very very long time ago now!

My Ringinglow Village - Flyer

"My Ringinglow Village" is now on the flyer for Heeley Art Club in October. Pay us a visit - it's free!

"My Ringinglow Village"

"My Ringinglow Village" - another one for the Winter Garden in October. This and the previous image posted have been selected. This painting is a compilation of buildings, landscape, sheep and snow that frequent our village at over 1000ft above sea level. We do have llamas and alpacas but they would look really odd in a painting!

Limb Brook Ringinglow, Sheffield

Limb Brook Ringinglow, Sheffield. It's about 100 metres from our home. The local waterfall in the distant is over a metre high! I've painted this for submission for selection for Heeley Art Club Autumn Exhibition at the Winter Garden in Sheffield from 3rd - 12th August this year (soon).

Barker's Pool, Sheffield

My take on the Lib Dem Conference in Sheffield in 2011. There was quite a lively crowd outside the City hall with a lot of shouting but it seemed good natured with some police officers amongst the crowd chatting away to all comers. The beautiful red curtain walled building on the right is one I helped to detail in 1985(ish) during my career as an architect. It is my only painting with a political slant - I didn't create the placards - I just used the ones that were  most apt!The reason I'm posting it today is because there's an enlarged image of the painting now on display at the New Market on the Moor in Sheffield until 7th July. There are also 6 of my paintings on display at the Great Sheffield Art Show tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday in the Octagon at the University.

 

Sheffield Canal Basin 003a

My third version of the Canal Basin - Sheffield's Victoria Quays - this time looking south. It's almost there, hopefully finished today. Might take up narrow boat decoration in the future!

Sheffield Canal Basin 003

Another work in progress. Canal Basin Sheffield looking towards the Nabarro Building. This will be mixed media from my "IYF" (in your face) colourist style and my third Canal Basin painting. The narrow boats are ripe for a bit of colourist's creations! I did a lot of detailed production drawings on the Nabarro building in my previous life as an architect working for Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson in the mid '90's at the end of the last recession. Thanks HCD.

Supertram at Commercial Street, Sheffield

Started work on producing my artwork for submission for Art in the Gardens. Need to do at least 4 paintings by 13th June. This one will be in pen and watercolour.

Selfie at Miranda

Went to see Miranda at Sheffield Arena last night. We weren't allowed to use cameras. Luckily I had a 3"x4" piece of paper and my Pentel pencil handy so I drew this selfie while waiting for her to appear. I'm the happy looking one on the left - not that I was dragged along! Liz loved the show. Thank you to the audience behind us - I guess they were wondering why I kept turning around and staring at them. Hello Sheffield.

Sheffield Canal Basin 2 - Finished

Excerpts of my finished work - ready for submission day - just 3 more paintings to complete before 13 April!

Canal Basin Sheffield - start

Canal Basin Sheffield - start of my mixed media/acrylic effort for the Great Sheffield Art Show - submission day April 13th - finished effort to follow.

3 spider webs

I was about to clean the window to our dining room on this bright sunlit autumn morn when I saw this structure of 3 overlapping webs..... the windows will have to stay slightly smeared for a while! See the spider on the left hand web.

 

Sheffield Canal Basin - with a bit of artistic licence on the narrow boats! I've painted this for Heeley Art Club's "Sheffield in the Frame" Exhibition at Sheffield Winter Garden 4th-13th October. Hope it gets selected next Tuesday.

England, Sheffield, Ringinglow

There's a small group of poppies in the cornfield opposite Firs Farm on Ringinglow Road. It's on my regular (3.5 mile) speed walk to buy the local paper. The painting is drawn from my memory/imagination - that's supposed to be Hangram Lane in the mid ground and Fulwood/Crimicar Lane in the background. The sheep have their own fields, trees are omitted for clarity! Can you tell I've bought myself some coloured inks.

England, Sheffield - Napoleons

Our local (Ecclesall Road) Casino and a very nice restaurant. I've been meaning to do a drawing of this building for some time now. A bit of artistic licence on the shadows! First time I've used silver ink - pity it doesn't sparkle on this image.

Mayfield Valley -01

My second "plein air" acrylic northwards across the valley from the field at the back of our home

Waterfall - Upper Porter Brook

Same view in watercolour

Waterfall - Upper Porter Brook

My first "plein air" acrylic - less than a mile from home

High Bradfield, North Sheffield

Delivered 8 paintings to St Nicholas' Church Bradfield today - there's an Art exhibition there on Easter Monday and Tuesday..... I just can't resist sketching a good old church! There's a spectacular view over the Loxley Valley to the south - thought I could see Robin Hood in the distance.