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Steve Tompkins
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Painting in Cumbria and NW Scotland

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Hello Bluesky! I’m going to post some of my paintings of the NW British coast over the next few weeks - Cumbria, the Scottish Atlantic seaboard and the Outer Hebrides. I hope you enjoy them.
This is acrylic on watercolour paper, 950x1320mm
Cumbrian new year snow on the fells above Hartsop. Four en plein air paintings over two days with a tightly limited palette.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Low January sunshine and showers over the eastern fells of Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
January evening mare’s tails over Dovedale, Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
290x190mm
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Last traces of Ceruleum dusk in an inky sky
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
200x150mm
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 AM
May sunrise on the far northern moors of Sutherland, Scotland.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 300x200mm
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Windblown, salty winter light on Barra, Outer Hebrides.
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Small landscape texture studies exploring different watercolour techniques.
Watercolour on arches paper
180x140mm
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
December snow on Grey Crag, Cumbria. A fast in situ sketch in freezing sunshine
Watercolour on Fabriano paper
200x150mm
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Detail of previous post
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Winter atmospherics, Skye.
Watercolour on Arches paper
220x150mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscapeart
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Winter moonlight over Coll
Watercolour on Fabriano paper
150x110mm
#ArtYear #Waterccolour #Watercolor
##Landscapepainting #Seascapeart
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
South Uist, December - details and finished painting. A real challenge to stay in control of watercolour at this scale.

Handmade watercolour on Atlantis paper 1550x1250mm
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Winter sky over the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye. A splinter of cold sunlight on the steel coloured sound.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#Watercolour #Watercolor #ArtYear
#LandscapeArt #LandscapePainting
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
First batch of 100ml coarse ground watercolours made today - two down, twenty to go… preparing to experiment with some big 1600x1250mm paintings.
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
March sunshine and mist on the high moorland of North Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#LandscapeArt #LandscapePainting
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
October atmospherics in the hills of North Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Acrylic on Arches paper
1000x650mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Harris
#OuterHebrides #LandscapeArt
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Winter cloud inversion in Dovedale, Cumbria. Dove Crag alight in frozen morning sunshine.

Acrylic on Arches paper
1000x650mm
#ArtYear #Landscapeart #Cumbria
#Landscape #LakeDistrict #Sunrise
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
One of a recent series of big Hebridean watercolours, trying to scale the texture and mark making of smaller sketches.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Big January weather on the coast of Wester Ross, Scotland. A sudden, obliterating squall.

Acrylic on canvas paper
600x400mm
#ArtYear #WesterRoss #Scotland
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sun and rain on fells towards Fairfield, Cumbria. Deep, saturated green.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Late afternoon light over the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye.

Acrylic glaze on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Skye
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ghost brushes overnight on my mixing table.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Cloud on the Cumbrian fells above my studio in Hartsop

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
450x320mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
November light on Sandwood Bay in Sutherland, NW Scotland

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
750x575mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
November rain cloud over Hart Crag, Cumbria. Memory of a saturated walk from my studio this week.

Watercolour and acrylic glaze
on Two Rivers paper 750x575mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Cumbria #Lakedistrict #Landscape
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM