One of my favourite things about Lundy Island is the adventure you have getting there. Getting to an island 12 miles out to sea on the choppy Bristol Channel when you’re a Londoner is quite a distance, we drove to North Devon and stayed over night in a B’n’B then caught a boat from Bideford. …
Our Remote Britain trip to Northumbria was so great! It was the sixth trip and we have one left, location to be confirmed 🙂 A famous gem in Northumbria is The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, full of history which makes for a profound atmosphere. It was intimately connected to early christianity of the 7th Century, …
Here’s my first vlog, experimenting with colours for my next Remote Britain painting… hope you enjoy! Art Vlog: A Day In The Life from Lydia Orange on Vimeo.
Bardsey Island! Attracting artists, musicians and writers for centuries with its rich history of legends, being known as the “Island of 20,000 saints”, the claim to be the burial site of King Arthur, smugglers and pirates, we decided to do a day trip! Only 2.5km in length, you can easily walk around the whole Island and see …
I took my next Plein Air expedition into the woods, I have lived next to Wimbledon Common now for four years and am still discovering new parts to it! I wandered past the windmill on Friday and stumbled across this gorgeous lake! Wimbledon Common Lake 360 from Lydia Orange on Vimeo. I tried out some …
Painting Plein Air (the fancy french word for outside), takes some planning, but is totally worth it! Painting from photos inside the safety of your studio seems like the obvious everyday option, especially when you live in England, the land of unpredictable weather. However there is something that comes alive in your work when you …
I’ve been thinking recently that I’d like to raise some money for a charity using my artwork and so I’ve decided I’m going to do an online auction on Facebook! On this Wednesday 13th April from 12pm till 8pm. I’m going to be selling one of my pieces of art and you can bid what …
For our March trip we went to Hartland in North Devon. We had been before on a family holiday and it had made such an impression on us. Spekes House is on a steep incline on the land between a valley and the cliffs leading into the Atlantic Ocean. Spekes House The view from this …
Snowdonia in February! Probably one of the most reckless ventures to make, we chose to climb Snowden during the week of Storm Imogen… yeah we did! We climbed through two ft deep of snow, ice, intense winds and a lot of low cloud whilst it was either snowing, hailing or raining continuously. So, a challenge! …
Callanish is a one of the main tourist attractions on Harris, the Standing Stones are extraordinary. Scattered around the Island are sets of these Standing Stones, alike to Stone Henge. Callanish has three different sites, Callanish 1 being the main and largest one. The stones are believed to have been erected 4,500-5000 years ago by …
