2023 calendar now ready to post

This year my calendar is called 'Space for Nature' and features a selection of places and wildlife happenings which have inspired me. Ten of the thirteen images have been created out and about, the remaining three painted in my studio.

calendar is same format as usual:

- folded & stapled with hole for hanging

- A4 (21x30cm) closed, A3 (42x30cm) open

- printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled paper

- includes UK Holidays, various dates of interest, solstices, full moon, new moon...

£11 each

£10 each if you order five or more.

+ p&p

Click here to order - https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9

Here are all the images:

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Six winter / Christmas card designs are also available:

1 card = £1.50

10 cards = £12

20 cards = £20 

**Mix & Match between all designs. Let us know how many of each.

Details are here - http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/winter-christmas-cards-ready-to-post

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What about a wood engraving for a Christmas gift?

My four wood engravings are hand engraved in my studio and each hand printed in my studio in an edition of 100. 

They are unframed and unmounted but do get in touch and we may be able to offer them mounted or framed.

My newest, studio wren, is my largest to date (7.5x5cm ). 

Susan Mansfield in The Scotsman said "... Leo du Feu's tiny Studio Wren is a miniature gem."

Thank you Susan!

**NB - engravings may take longer to reach you than cards and calendars. 

winter owl, 3x8cm

£25 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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studio wren, 7.5x5cm

£60 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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ocean giant, 3x6cm

£40 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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ocean life, 3x6cm

£40 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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To order please fill in the google docs form here

- https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9

Many thanks :)

Winter / Christmas cards ready to post to you

- cards are 7x5inch / 5x7inch (c.175mm x 125mm)

- blank inside

- white envelopes

- printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled card

1 card = £1.50

10 cards = £12

20 cards = £20 

+ p&p

**Mix & Match between all designs. Let us know how many of each.**

Click here to order - https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9

garden wren

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winter pond

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hillfort in winter

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woodland deer - **SOLD OUT**

**SOLD OUT**

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king penguin

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winter woods

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2023 CALENDAR ready now too

- £11 +p&p.

- details & all the images here - http://landscapeartnaturebirds.blogspot.com/2022/11/2023-calendar-now-ready-to-post.html

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And what about a wood engraving for a Christmas gift?

My four wood engravings are hand engraved in my studio and each hand printed in my studio in an edition of 100. 

They are unframed and unmounted but do get in touch and we may be able to offer them mounted or framed.

My newest, studio wren, is my largest to date (7.5x5cm ). 

Susan Mansfield in The Scotsman said "... Leo du Feu's tiny Studio Wren is a miniature gem."

Thank you Susan!

**NB - engravings may take longer to reach you than cards and calendars. 

winter owl, 3x8cm

£25 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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studio wren, 7.5x5cm

£60 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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ocean giant, 3x6cm

£40 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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ocean life, 3x6cm

£40 per print, includes UK p&p. 

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To order please fill in the google docs form here

- https://forms.gle/YKEKfuUyrgDzEmwB9

Many thanks.

Exhibition - Postcards from the Line, Linlithgow, 23 October - 20 November

It's time again for Postcards from The Line at the Line Gallery in Linlithgow - my hometown gallery and first gallery to ever exhibit my work (about 20 years ago 😶😶)

Postcards is an annual exhibition of around 300 artworks, all A5 or under, all unframed, all £100 or under. 

The exhibition opens tomorrow Saturday 23rd October at 10am.

There is an opening celebration tomorrow Saturday 2-4pm - all most welcome!

the flight, acrylic, 5.5x12.5cm, £95

The exhibition then runs until 20th November at:

The Line Gallery
238 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7EF

Opening Hours:

Thurs & Fri 10 - 5
Sat 9 - 5
Sun 1 - 4

www.thelineonline.co.uk

www.facebook.com/linlithgowline

If you're interested in buying any of my ten works please contact Gail and Elizabet at the Line by emailing all@thelineonline.co.uk or phoning +44 (0)1506 670 268.

puffin, watercolour, 21x12.5cm, £95

puffins, watercolour, 21x14cm, £100

Bottlenose dolphins, watercolour, 21x15cm, £65

storm gannets (2), watercolour, 15x21cm, £100

dipper sketches, pencil & watercolour, 14x19.5cm, £65

trees & orange hilltop, watercolour, 14x20cm, £50

windswept tree, acrylic, 9x9.5cm, £45

Aberdour St Fillans abstract, watercolour, 21x15cm, £65

bing, acrylic on canvas on board, 5.5x5.5cm, £65

Scotland By Rail - Rothesay, Isle of Bute (+ a 6km circular walk)

Previous related blog posts

- Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay

- Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute

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This blog post - a 6km ish circular walk starting and ending at Rothesay ferry terminal.

The ferries to the Isle of Bute are so frequent and the journey so short that you really can nip across for just a couple of hours. I had about five. I started by exploring Rothesay town - cafes, some excellent charity shops, gallery, tourist info centre in old Winter Gardens pavilion, a moated castle (currently closed)... Then I bought picnic lunch and headed west, climbing a steep residential road out of the town to arrive in gentle countryside. Moorland farmland with tree patches here and there and views of mountains (Arran and mainland) in the distance. Lots and lots of bird life. Quiet country road then traffic free footpath the very quiet access tracks took me north and gradually downhill all the way to the shore at Port Bannatyne. From there a couple of kilometres walk back along the coastal road to the ferry, stopping for supplies at Ardbeg Mini Market village shop.

A great, easy walk to give a bit of a feel for Bute. Here it is:

Rothesay Ferry Terminal (spot the ferry)

Isle of Bute Discovery Centre

plans for Rothesay - Bute Yard

Serpentine Road, Canada Hill, Rothesay (14 hairpin bends)

Rothesay Castle and moat

and out into the countryside, blue hills of Arran in the distance

Rothesay road and Arran hills

mixed corvids 💚

I found a nice elevated place a bit off track to get my watercolours out.
This is as far as I got before the wind forced me to stop. It nearly blew my carrot cake away!

trees, gate, farm with silo, Arran

nice farmland track leading to lovely woodland stretch.
Look for these signs, the West Island Way (yes, Island)

spot the spots

the remains of an old fountain. Port Bannatyne down below

Port Bannatyne shore, looking to the mainland. I love this scene.

Port Bannatyne to Ardbeg shore

Ardbeg playpark. I have to take photos of playparks to let Oren see which ones he hopes to try.

Bute Cycle Network. Craigmore beyond Rothesay at far right

See that far off roadside shelter. There are several of them.
Really lovely sheltered places to sit with benches facing in all directions.

The road back from Ardbeg to Rothesay

rock pipit

Skeoch Wood, a short walk from the ferry

derelict swimming pool site

derelict swimming pool site

back in Rothesay, ferry approaches

 Previous related blog posts

- Port Glasgow, on route to Wemyss Bay

- Wemyss Bay and ferry to Bute

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Getting to Bute:

Trains from Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay are hourly and the journey takes about 50 minutes.

Check ScotRail 'Buy Tickets' in advance of your journey - www.scotrail.co.uk

Ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay takes only about 35 minutes and ferries depart hourly from both Rothesay and Wemyss Bay.

Check Calmac timetable and website - www.calmac.co.uk/article/7826/Bute-Wemyss-Bay---Rothesay

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