12 November 2025
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Apparently there is an unusually high chance of seeing the Northern Lights in the UK tonight… unless, like me, you are in a patch of it expected to be under continuous cloud cover. Never mind – maybe next time. At … Continue reading
29 November 2024
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At the Hathern Baptist Church prayer meeting Jane and I went to last night, it opened with a short reading from Psalm 68 (about vv. 4-10). Most people were reading from the pew Bible, which is the NIV translation but … Continue reading
12 May 2024
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As I’m sure many other people did last night, I poked my head outside a few times later in the evening to see if I could detect any traces of the much-discussed and photographed northern lights. When I’d woken up … Continue reading
29 December 2022
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Apparently tonight is the last time all the planets in the solar system will be visible in the night sky at once for the next 18 years. Even Uranus and Neptune should be visible with binoculars. Pluto isn’t, but is … Continue reading
11 August 2018
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I’m not entirely sure why but I find myself quite taken with this sketch I did yesterday afternoon while visiting Leo in Lincoln: It was mainly done using the blind drawing methodology – use the pencil to follow the edges … Continue reading
14 November 2017
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If I don’t have a particular idea in mind as the next thing to paint, I find it useful to spend a bit of time just playing with the pigments. Here is a session from Saturday in Schmincke Pthalo Blue … Continue reading
3 November 2017
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Here is the other side of the test page I posted yesterday: What I am trying to do is capture something of that cloud scene I posted on Sunday; the challenge is how to do it through the medium of … Continue reading
10 July 2017
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I found an opportunity to use that new word, piddock, that I learned last week. I saw a cloud which appeared to have a neat hole drilled in and and thought… Okay, to be honest, I thought, “what was that … Continue reading