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“Moody Mountains” 9” x 12” Pastel $100 © Sharon Lewis Click Here to Purchase |
We have one more full week of classes and then we have our
spring break and my students and I can’t wait! I know that our southern winters
are nothing to complain about as I was reminded of when talking to my son in
Madison, Wisconsin last night. He was getting excited because the temperature was
going from 6 degrees to a balmy 18 or 19 degrees!!
Today’s
painting is of the Castlerigg area, a wonderfully, moody and mysterious place
in England’s Lake District. Castlerigg is one of over a thousand stone circles
in the British Isles, located near Keswick in Cumbria, Northwest England. Some
sources suggest that it may have been constructed in 3000 BCE which means it
may be about 5000 years old!
From the
center of the stone circle you have a view of the surrounding mountain peaks
which have really interesting names such as: Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor, and
Blencathra. It may have served as a ritualistic place where stone axes were
traded but no one knows for sure. I do know that it would be a wonderful place
to do plein air painting because no matter where you placed your easel in this
area, you would have a beautiful view to paint.
Happy Weekend!
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