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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 1h

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 1h

Mini tornado working its way across the moors of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. A big studio painting from memory and sketches. Watercolour on Atlantis paper 1550x1250mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 1h

Working on some very big watercolours in the studio on Atlantis paper. Hard to control without stretching the paper but I want the rough edges intact.

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thick September atmospherics on the NW Sutherland moors. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Final version of this big watercolour, a fat brushstroke of pure burnt sienna added across the foreground Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Low September cloud on the hills of Moidart, NW Scotland. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

May dawn light on the Isle of Coll, NW Scotland. Smoky, still cloud and a curlew’s cry Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sutherland September light. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 500x375mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

September evening cloudburst over the hills of Eastern Cumbria. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Snow flurry on the high eastern fells of Cumbria. A deep winter palette of ultramarine, lamp black and burnt umber. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Low September tide at St Monans on the Firth of Forth. Pepper Dulse, Limpets and Oystercatchers. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

March morning light over the western moorland and hills of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. A hazy glimpse of the Atlantic ocean. Watercolour in Two Rivers paper 299x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Winter solstice on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides - frozen half light and the muffled crunch of heather underfoot. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A January snow flurry above my studio in Cumbria. Wild painting weather.. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Early spring evening cloud on the ridge of Ben More, isle of Mull. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x550mm #Watercolour #Watercolor #Mull

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Amber early evening summer storm light over Arisaig, Moidart. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm #Watercolour #Watercolor #Scotland #Landscapepainting #Landscape

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sunrise over High Street, NE Cumbria - a 4am start from my studio down the valley. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Mother of pearl evening sky over the moors of North Uist, Outer Hebrides Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 190x150mm #ArtYear #Watercolour #Watercolor #Landscapepainting

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Spring morning atmospherics on Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Watercolour on two Rivers paper 700x550mm #ArtYear #Watercolour #Scotland #Watercolor #Landscapepainting

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Three Hebridean nocturnes, painted en plein air by moonlight (and head torch). Watercolour in Two Rivers paper 290x190mm #watercolour #watercolor #landscapepainting #scotland

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Moorland winter light in Sutherland, NW Scotland Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm #watercolour #watercolor #landscapepainting #scotland

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Four Spring dawn sketches on the Scottish NW coast. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Winter atmospherics on Sandwood Bay, Sutherland. One of the most remote and beautiful beaches in the UK. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 750x575mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Bright cloudy light over the Hebrides Acrylic on Arches paper 1000x750mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Low, wet light over the Outer Hebrides. Acrylic on Arches paper 1000 x 750mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Early Spring light on South Uist, Outer Hebrides Acrylic on Arches paper 1000x750mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Far northern Scottish midsummer sunsets, painted around midnight. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Four Scottish horizon studies in squally weather Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Four en plein air sunset studies on the Scottish north west coast. The fragile world is still beautiful. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Acrylic glaze on Arches paper 1000x660mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Four evening cloud studies over the Hebridean sea, NW Scotland. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Four moorland studies in the Outer Hebrides. Mist, sunlight, heather and peat. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Four Hebridean sea mood sketches, from silky to sulky Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 290x190mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Watery December light on South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Watercolour on Atlantis paper 1550x1250mm #OuterHebrides #SouthUist #Landscapepainting #Scotland #Watercolour #Watercolor

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Texture studies using coarse ground hand made watercolours

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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.

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Last traces of Ceruleum dusk in an inky sky Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 200x150mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

May sunrise on the far northern moors of Sutherland, Scotland. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 300x200mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

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.

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Small landscape texture studies exploring different watercolour techniques. Watercolour on arches paper 180x140mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

December snow on Grey Crag, Cumbria. A fast in situ sketch in freezing sunshine Watercolour on Fabriano paper 200x150mm

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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.

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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.

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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.

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