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‘Exmouth Sketching Demo’
Exmouth Art Group I had a very enjoyable evening last night with the Exmouth Art Group, giving them a talk and several demo's about 'sketching'. I tried to fit as many of my sketching techniques as I could into the time allowed. So I was working very quickly with not...
‘Sketching the Troy boats at Fowey Regatta’
FoweyAbove Sketch Pen & watercolour wash, A4'ish. I'm down in Fowey relaxing on 'Exeat', the 31-foot cruiser yacht that's entered in the Regatta. I am one of the crew - probably the Cabin Boy. The least important, but having a fine time none the less. Also, I have...
‘Watercolours for the Free From Fairy’
I was commissioned by the Free From Fairy to produce two small watercolour illustrations for her marvellous website. Illustrated are a group of Blueberries and Strawberries. The Free From Fairy is Vicki Montague, a scientist and mum to 'Roo' (13) and 'Sunshine' (11)....
‘Sketching on the Helford’
Glendurgan Today I am down in the romantic Helford River Estuary, visiting the National Trust garden of ‘Glendurgan’. After having had our member's cards examined first to park the car and then at the entry point, we were allowed in. This system was holding up cars to...
‘Sketching on Guernsey’
Camping on Guernsey We have arrived on the lovely island of Guernsey for a week camping holiday and hopefully plenty of sketching for me. The ferry though was late in and this then put us on the wrong foot for our first evening. As we dashed around the island trying...
‘Oil Painting – Denise’s Grandad’
This is an oil painting commission I've just finished. It was commissioned by my friend Denise, for a portrait of her pipe smoking, moustached, Grandad. Who used to be in the Royal Lifeguards (hence the fantastic moustache!) I really enjoyed painting him and hope I...
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Hello and welcome to my Sketching Blog! My name is Nick Watton and I’m passionate about art, painting, drawing and sketching.
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