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Steve Tompkins
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Painting in Cumbria and NW Scotland

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · Nov 19
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
Lewis, Outer Hebrides acrylic on paper 950x1350mm
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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
A landscape with a dark wooded foreground, snow covered crags and a stormy sky with sunlight breaking through. Painted with Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Paynes Grey and Ultramarine pigment A landscape with snow covered hills and a bright, stormy blue grey sky. Painted with Burnt Umber, Ultramarine, Paynes Grey and Yellow Ochre pigment A landscape with snowy hills and a bright cloudy sky. Painted with Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey, and Ultramarine pigment A mountain landscape with light snow covered hills, a stormy sky and bright cloud. Painted with Burnt Umber, ultramarine and yellow ochre pigment
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Low January sunshine and showers over the eastern fells of Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
A watercolour landscape of sunshine and rain over a mountainside. A rich warm foreground, blue/yellow horizon and hazy sky. Painted with hand made lamp black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, light red, ultramarine and raw sienna pigment.
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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January evening mare’s tails over Dovedale, Cumbria.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
290x190mm
A sunset with a dark brown foreground, pink/orange horizon and underlit high clouds in a blue grey sky. Painted with handmade ultramarine, ceruleum, cobalt blue, lamp black, burnt umber, cadmium red and pale cadmium yellow pigments
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Last traces of Ceruleum dusk in an inky sky
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
200x150mm
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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May sunrise on the far northern moors of Sutherland, Scotland.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 300x200mm
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Windblown, salty winter light on Barra, Outer Hebrides.
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
A winter landscape with a sunlit golden foreground, dark blue/grey misty horizon and a rainy sky. Painted with earth colours, ultramarine and lamp black pigments.
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Small landscape texture studies exploring different watercolour techniques.
Watercolour on arches paper
180x140mm
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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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
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Detail of previous post
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Winter atmospherics, Skye.
Watercolour on Arches paper
220x150mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscapeart
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Winter moonlight over Coll
Watercolour on Fabriano paper
150x110mm
#ArtYear #Waterccolour #Watercolor
##Landscapepainting #Seascapeart
A moonlit seascape with a blue/black reflective sea, bright horizon and a hidden moon behind blue grey cloud. Painted with handmade Ultramarine, lamp black, aqua green and Ceruleum.
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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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
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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
A Scottish landscape with a dark foreground, a shadowy lake in the midground and a cloudy sky. Painted with Ultramarine, Lamp Black, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna and Raw Sienna pigments.
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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First batch of 100ml coarse ground watercolours made today - two down, twenty to go… preparing to experiment with some big 1600x1250mm paintings.
A work table showing two tubes of handmade watercolour, a glass muller, pliers, swatches, binder, gum Arabic and honey.
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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March sunshine and mist on the high moorland of North Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#LandscapeArt #LandscapePainting
A misty moorland landscape with earth coloured foreground and a golden cloudy sky. Painted with Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber and Ultramarine pigment
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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October atmospherics in the hills of North Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Acrylic on Arches paper
1000x650mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Harris
#OuterHebrides #LandscapeArt
A moorland landscape with a rich Heather foreground, blue grey hills and a cloudy sky. Painted with earth colours, Cobalt Blue, Ceruleum and Ultramarine.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Winter cloud inversion in Dovedale, Cumbria. Dove Crag alight in frozen morning sunshine.

Acrylic on Arches paper
1000x650mm
#ArtYear #Landscapeart #Cumbria
#Landscape #LakeDistrict #Sunrise
A sunrise mountain landscape with a misty foreground, sunlit mountains and a clear morning sky. Painted with Ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red, Raw Sienna and Zinc White pigments.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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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
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Big January weather on the coast of Wester Ross, Scotland. A sudden, obliterating squall.

Acrylic on canvas paper
600x400mm
#ArtYear #WesterRoss #Scotland
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
A stormy landscape with a dark foreground, distant surf, a hazy headland and a storm cloudy sky.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Sun and rain on fells towards Fairfield, Cumbria. Deep, saturated green.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
A mountain landscape with a golden green foreground, dark shadowy green midground and a cloudy sky. Painted with ultramarine, raw Sienna, Cadmium yellow, Hookers Green, Sap green and raw umber pigment.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Late afternoon light over the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye.

Acrylic glaze on Two Rivers paper
760x560mm
#ArtYear #Landscapepainting #Skye
A seascape with a low sea horizon, rocky foreshore and gold/grey cloudy sky with raking sunlight. Painted with Raw Umber, Raw Sienna and Paynes Grey pigment
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Ghost brushes overnight on my mixing table.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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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
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November light on Sandwood Bay in Sutherland, NW Scotland

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
750x575mm
#ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting #Landscape
A landscape with a rocky foreshore, seaweed and a distant beach. Painted with earth colours, Paynes Grey, Cobalt Blue and Ultramarine pigment
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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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
A mountain landscape painting with a golden foreground, misty horizon and a rainy sky. Painted with earth pigments, ultramarine and cobalt blue.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM