Knapweed Over half way through the year and this is the first in many ways. It is the first Portrait image, the first botanical and certainly the first not to be a landscape. Having spent the day at Minsmere yesterday with so many beautiful flowers I thought today’s sketch should be botanical, especially as so …
Category Archives: Southwold
Week 25, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Southwold beach An early morning sketch on Southwold beach with the waves crashing onto the groynes. A cloudy morning which is quite a change from the many blindingly hot days of the past week.
Suffolk Show, Cattle on the Marshes
Suffolk Show, Cattle on the Marshes Forth of my paintings that i am exhibiting at this years Suffolk Show. The Suffolk Show is on Wednesday 31st and Thursday 1st, I will be at the show on the Thursday where I will be doing a painting demonstration in the Art tent so please do come and …
Week 21, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Late evening on Southwold beach A sultry evening with this sketch being finished at about 8:30 and the temperature still being 19C. An evening with a beautiful light although fading gradually. After a week and especially a day of painting for the Suffolk Show a late last minute sketch where I have to confess I …
Week 16, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Southwold seascape A rather dull and slightly cool Saturday morning down at Southwold looking out across the sea. After a few weeks of warmer spring weather this is feeling a little more like winter and this is reflected by the darker grey sea. This makes you realise how much the sea responds to the weather.