Walk to the Roman Fort (June 21, 2010)
Though I went for this walk a month ago, I need to catch up on posting my sketches from all my walks so you can see where I’ve been. This walk started at the Edlingham Church from the 11thC and…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
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“Studies of the Coast near Cullernose Point” (June 17,2010)
Come with me on a sunny, breezy stroll along the Northumberland coast of England, south of Cullernose Point and Dunstanburgh Castle. This sketch is done looking northwards while I sat on the grass. I used one water soluble “Inktense” pencil…
Watercolor Lesson – Color Practice
Sometimes when you don’t feel like painting or don’t have the time to work on a painting, it can be helpful to just play with color mixing; this is also great for a beginner in watercolor (or any medium!) or…
Large Snail Studies (step by step)
I’ve been studying my snail Cuthbert, and really learning a lot of interesting facts. I know they’re slimy, strange little creatures that eat your garden plants, but they still merit study in my opinion. So I went outside the strange…
“Time in a Field in England” June 12, 2010
This morning was sunny so I headed up the country lane to walk above the little village of Edlingham in Northumberland, England. Here’s a watercolor painting I did while sitting in a field, see the pictures following it and ‘come…
More Snail Studies, “Cuthbert Grows!”
Well my snail has been named as I said before, “Cuthbert”, after St. Cuthbert the patron Saint of Northumberland. I did some more studies of him as he’s growing. This is a close up of the watercolor study I did,…
“I Made Friends with a Snail!” May 22, 2010
Today is a tale of meeting a snail, hmm…I feel a poem coming on…maybe later. We went to Alnmouth and explored all around the dunes and on the beach. As we walked between the great high dunes to reach the…
“Walk at Alnmouth, England” May 19, 2010
Today we had such a great walk that we really didn’t expect. The weather turned out nice in the late day as we drove to Alnmouth on the Northumberland coast just north of Warkworth Castle. I wasn’t expecting to go…
“Ingram Valley” May 15, 2010
Come with me on a walk up into the Ingram Valley in Northumberland England, land of unending vistas and wildlife. I know that sounds ‘corny’ but its true, Northumberland is so beautiful and wild. As Gary and I began our…
“View of Cheviots and Rothbury” May 9,2010
This evening we went for a drive up towards Beanly Moor which looks over a gorgeous valley with the Cheviot mountains in the background. You can park your car on the side of the road here and just walk up…