Upper Eskdale by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)

Upper Eskdale by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)The powerful twin combination of rushing water and rock were one of Williams favourite subjects to paint, and he frequently enjoyed the challenge of portraying all the complexity of water in simplified shapes, as it cascades its way down through the jutting rocks. Here in this animated painting he depicts the falls of the River Esk where they mark the southern edge of Great Moss. Pen, Esk Buttress and Ill Crag rise into the mist beyond, with Scafell

easy to keep clean

This fine drawing of Grey Crag

The Da Vinci Casaneo Series 898 Oval Pointed Wash Brush is composed of 100% synthetic Kazan Squirrel hair

Viewed from Cold Pike

Poppy Oil would only be appropriate for the final stages of a painting

As a co-founder-member of the of Ambleside Oral History Group in 1976

Pastels measure approximately 2-1/8 in long × 5/8 in diameter (54 mm × 16 mm)

This has always been an interesting medium for artists and graphic artists

The lessons cover useful topics like painting on vacation

In the end it is the character and feel of the place itself that finally attracts so strongly"

George Finch was one of the world's greatest alpinists

The pastel adheres so well to this new paper that you don't need to use a fixative between each layer