Paintings and Prints of the East Anglian Coast
Shore crab sketches Down at Southwold on the Rive Blyth at the end of the harbour fishing for shore crabs. Today was one of those days when I knew exactly what i wanted to sketch so went armed with string, bacon and bucket. So I made my husband catch me some crabs to sketch, we …
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Common Blue butterflies sketches Common Blue butterflies up on the grassy banks of the beach cliffs and in the Marram Grass were enjoying the mornings good weather. The males are striking sitting there with their blue wings open whilst the females are more difficult to spot with their mostly brown wings. Both sexes look the …
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Blackberry flowers sketch These blackberries flowers (Rubus fruticosus) are a delicate pink rather than the sometimes white petals. Already there are some blackberries starting to fruit. These are very prickly.
Covehithe beach On Covehithe beach just north of Covehithe broad looking north towards Benacre. This is a favorite place of many to walk under the ever changing cliffs that are constantly being eroded by the waves that pound at high tide and especially during storms.
Sycamore Keys sketch Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) is a deciduous tree introduced into these shores back in the middle ages. I have been looking at them for a while waiting until the keys were developed enough for me to sketch.