After a solid day's painting, yesterday's underpainting has been transformed in "Autumn Walk to The Thrum"
This is a 20cm square painting on canvas board of a favourite Rothbury walk. #Mill #Restorationman #Northumberland #autumn #Coquetdale #Nature
I know it seems early- but given that yesterday I had my first sweet mince pie of the season, clearly it can't be TOO early..... can it?
My 2025 Christmas cards are now in my online shop- crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/nor...
#Northumberland #Coquetdale #Rothbury #countryside #snowscene
The third and final heather painting has now been listed in my online shop- crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/collections/... #Coquetdale #Harbottle #Myth #legend #druids #folktales #geology #Northumberland
The Coquet near Coquet Head, a narrow stream in a green grassy valley
A valley where the Coquet appears to start, gently sloping grassland
Today I took a scenic drive to upper Coquetdale t see the source of the Coquet. It is much smaller here than when it reaches us in Rothbury. As far as I can tell there is no single spring or source, just a number of channels where the water drains from […]
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A blue sky is reflected in the clear water of the Coquet near Rothbur. You can just make out sheep sheltering from the sun in the river bank.
A detail from the first picture clearly shows the sheep sheltering from the sun
The dry weather can ntinues and river Coquet is very low.
#drought #nothumberland #uk #coquetdale
A slightly later Spring image- my small painting of birch trees coming into leaf on "the Rothbury terraces" with Simonside in the background. #Northumberland #Coquetdale
Heading up to Barrowburn with the gang to check out the ancient flower meadows and eat cake at the teashop #coquetdale #northumberland
#wildswimming meetup tonight anyone? #Coquetdale @LinhopeHouse?
