Artist paints daily nature journal for over a year

An artist from the Scottish Borders has been keeping a daily art journal for the last 16 months.

Pete Carthy started documenting nature as a New Year’s resolution in January 2023 as “something positive to do every day.”

He credits it with giving him greater connection to nature because he is “constantly” looking for the picture to recreate.

The art journalist, who lives in West Linton, usually takes a photograph on his phone before sitting down to paint the scene later that day.

Pete has been taking several classes, including a botanical illustration course, and has grown an online community who support his work.

He said: “One day is not like the next day, whether it’s the cloud, the light, seasons.

“It’s always different, it’s never the same.”