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Posts by Steve Tompkins

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Ah, beautiful

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Watery December light on South Uist, Outer Hebrides.
Watercolour on Atlantis paper
1550x1250mm
#OuterHebrides #SouthUist
#Landscapepainting #Scotland
#Watercolour #Watercolor

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Thanks Ashley!

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Texture studies using coarse ground hand made watercolours

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Paint making weekend

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These are such great moments aren’t they?

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Thanks Katy - yes it’s always good when it works out!

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Thanks! 😊

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Fingerless gloves and coffee

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A landscape with a dark wooded foreground, snow covered crags and a stormy sky with sunlight breaking through.
Painted with Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Paynes Grey and Ultramarine pigment

A landscape with a dark wooded foreground, snow covered crags and a stormy sky with sunlight breaking through. Painted with Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Paynes Grey and Ultramarine pigment

A landscape with snow covered hills and a bright, stormy blue grey sky. 
Painted with Burnt Umber, Ultramarine, Paynes Grey and Yellow Ochre pigment

A landscape with snow covered hills and a bright, stormy blue grey sky. Painted with Burnt Umber, Ultramarine, Paynes Grey and Yellow Ochre pigment

A landscape with snowy hills and a bright cloudy sky. Painted with Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey, and Ultramarine pigment

A landscape with snowy hills and a bright cloudy sky. Painted with Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey, and Ultramarine pigment

A mountain landscape with light snow covered hills, a stormy sky and bright cloud.  Painted with Burnt Umber, ultramarine and yellow ochre pigment

A mountain landscape with light snow covered hills, a stormy sky and bright cloud. Painted with Burnt Umber, ultramarine and yellow ochre pigment

Cumbrian new year snow on the fells above Hartsop. Four en plein air paintings over two days with a tightly limited palette.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper

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A watercolour landscape of sunshine and rain over a mountainside.  A rich warm foreground, blue/yellow horizon and hazy sky.  Painted with hand made lamp black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, light red, ultramarine and raw sienna pigment.

A watercolour landscape of sunshine and rain over a mountainside. A rich warm foreground, blue/yellow horizon and hazy sky. Painted with hand made lamp black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, light red, ultramarine and raw sienna pigment.

Low January sunshine and showers over the eastern fells of Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm

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A sunset with a dark brown foreground, pink/orange horizon and underlit high clouds in a blue grey sky.  Painted with handmade ultramarine, ceruleum, cobalt blue, lamp black, burnt umber, cadmium red and pale cadmium yellow pigments

A sunset with a dark brown foreground, pink/orange horizon and underlit high clouds in a blue grey sky. Painted with handmade ultramarine, ceruleum, cobalt blue, lamp black, burnt umber, cadmium red and pale cadmium yellow pigments

January evening mare’s tails over Dovedale, Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
290x190mm

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Love this

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Thanks Elena, that’s exactly what was happening - it was painted wet on wet in three washes with a 50mm brush

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Thank you!

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Last traces of Ceruleum dusk in an inky sky
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
200x150mm

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So beautiful

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God me too

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May sunrise on the far northern moors of Sutherland, Scotland.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 300x200mm

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Good luck - but try ringing Sarah at TR, you might be able to arrange something

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Thanks Amanda! I guess living in Kernow drives a feeling for weather deep into the heart

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A winter landscape with a sunlit golden foreground, dark blue/grey misty horizon and a rainy sky. Painted with earth colours, ultramarine and lamp black pigments.

A winter landscape with a sunlit golden foreground, dark blue/grey misty horizon and a rainy sky. Painted with earth colours, ultramarine and lamp black pigments.

Windblown, salty winter light on Barra, Outer Hebrides.
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor

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Two Rivers every time! Both great papers but TR is hand made so it’s got more personality and the surface is so beautiful

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Small landscape texture studies exploring different watercolour techniques.
Watercolour on arches paper
180x140mm

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December snow on Grey Crag, Cumbria. A fast in situ sketch in freezing sunshine
Watercolour on Fabriano paper
200x150mm

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Ah good, I’m a fan

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Detail of previous post

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Winter atmospherics, Skye.
Watercolour on Arches paper
220x150mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscapeart

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