#dolbadarn

[sesiondemadrugada]

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks (Rosie Schellenberg, 2025).

[aenima1996]

Castell Dolbadarn, Gwynedd, Wales

2025 / 2017 / J.M.W. Turner 1800 / 1890

[lymphomalass]

Today I’d like to show you my first ever dry point print.

It’s of Castell Dolbadarn in Llanberis.

I made the plate, scratching into a plastic sheet, at a "Meet and Make" session at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight on the Wirral one Saturday last month. I got to print the phthalo green version there too, using a printer we rolled our work through. I printed the other versions at home, with my husband’s help pressing down on a static lino cut printer. The hardest part was spreading the ink and then wiping it back off, so it stays in the lines scratched in the plastic but not in the places it’s not wanted!

To find out more, including who built this castle and how to get to it, please go to:

Phthalo green:

"Dry Point Print of Castell Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis, North Wales in Phthalo Green" was created in February 2026 at a wonderful "Meet and

Burnt Sienna Hue (the red one):

The printing plate for "Dry Point Print of Castell Dolbadarn Castle in Llanberis in Burnt Sienna Hue" was created in February 2026 at a wond

Sepia:

The printing plate for "Dry Point Print of Castell Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis, North Wales in Sepia" was created in February 2026 at a wond

Woodies Colour Pencils:

The printing plate for "Dry Point Print of Castell Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis, North Wales in Woodies Colour Pencils" was created in Febru

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx 

[theeighthdoctorsenya]

Dolbadarn Castle

Sculpted out of resin and clay

[lymphomalass]

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”

(Albert Camus)

The photo is one of some sphagnum moss that I took on the path up to Dolbadarn Castle near Llanberis recently, on Steve and my little three-night break to Caernarfon. We were tired after a busy December, but seeing new things, some walks, some exposure to the beauty of nature and getting to practice our Welsh with lots of very kind Welsh first-language speakers has been really good for us.

The image of the moss I framed in my phone’s camera, with the vivid life-filled green in the depth of winter, spoke to me of new growth and of how I would choose to be: with a “sunny disposition” despite the darkness of the season.

Wishing you a boost of inner sunshine for the week ahead!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

[breconbeaconstours]

Day 2 of our #geology of #Wales trip. Went to Bryntail Lead Mine, Dylife Gorge, past Cadair Idris mountain and the Clogau gold mine to reach #Harlech #castle #worldheritage Site. Then continued through Nant Peris looking at Ordovician pyroclastic deposits to #Dolbadarn castle for great views of the #Dinorwig #slate quarry. Then on to the National Slate Museum before the Ogwen Step and a walk into #CwmIdwal to see Darwin's Boulders. Our day finished in Caernarfon #Snowdonia #Geotourism (at Caernarfon)

[mythopoetical]

Dobadarn Castle - HDR por Etrusia UK

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'Dolbadarn Moonrise' - Llanberis, Snowdonia by Kris Williams Via Flickr: The full moon rising above Dolbadarn castle in Snowdonia this evening during sunset, through a very lucky gap in the cloud... It threatened to spoil the view at first, but as luck would have it, the moonlight shone through anyway in the end.