Colours and patterns on my desk today. Some art work is in the planning stage… !
Tag: Cornwall
A Black Diamond
A black diamond in a shimmering sapphire ocean under an aquamarine sky…
St. Clements Isle, just off the shore of Mousehole, Cornwall, UK, on a beautiful sunny day. I love the blue tones…
A very vintage and creative view of St. Ives, Cornwall, UK. I used one of the photographed papers from my Winter Erosion Bundle as a texture over a St. Ives photo. I love the vintage effect and colours…
Colour & Texture Inspiration
This the detail on a lobster pot at St. Ives harbour, Cornwall (UK). I love these wonderful seaside colours ~ they work so well together
This is a piece of hand bleached indigo denim with a rusty key I found, again the colours and textures work so well together. They inspire me…
Back in St. Ives harbour, more lobster pot details. These wonderful colours make me want to get my paints out… I see Cerulean Blue, Emerald, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and background colours of Paynes Grey and Raw Umber…
Fishing nets catching the sun in St. Ives harbour. All the above photos were taken using a Canon 60 mm macro lens.
These photos inspire me to the point where I can feel an art project developing in my mind…
A Vintage View Of St. Ives
St. Ives, Cornwall, UK, with a vintage look. I desaturated the image and used my own vintage lace texture. I like the vintage winter effect the finished image has…
Barnacles!
Barnacles on a boat at St. Ives harbour, Cornwall, UK. I love the seaside colours and textures…
Grunge Collage St. Ives
St. Ives harbour, Cornwall, UK given a creative look with one of my own textures which I created from some collage work I did…
Creative Photography
I’ve had quite a busy creative week so far. I’ve produced this image with some of my newest textures:
The image is of the lovely St. Ives, in Cornwall, UK.
I found some lovely vintage images in my archives a few days ago:
I have also added four new textures to my collection on Flickr this week:
They’re all free to download and use – just click on the Download button (arrow with a line underneath it) in the bottom right corner of the black picture viewing area on Flickr!
Also you may have noticed I have changed the name of this blog and given it a new look to brighten it a bit! That’s all for now – more creative stuff soon!
Inspired by the sea…
The majestic beauty and energy of the rolling waves…
Beautiful frothy white surf…
Dark inky blues and greens…
The relentless thundering roar of the rolling waves…
I love being by the sea…
A visit to St. Ives
Grey stormy skies…
…quickly turn into blue, I love the unsettled changeable Cornish weather
colours and textures on an old boat in St. Ives harbour
Seaside colour and texture on an old boat in the harbour
black and white ropes on Smeaton’s Pier in St. Ives harbour
Vintage Mousehole
This is the beautiful little fishing village of Mousehole, in Cornwall, UK. It’s very old fashioned and uncommercialiized, it has lovely old buildings and very narrow streets. The harbour is beautiful too. I’ve converted it to a sepia toned image and added some vintage textures too.
