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‘Sketching in St Ives’
Back to St Ives I’m back sketching again in St Ives, Cornwall. I always used to come to St Ives as a child during the summer holidays. So it always feels good to be back. We are staying at a lovely sheltered campsite, called ‘Secret Garden Campsite’. Which is near St...
‘Barn Owl Sketches’
Natural History Museum Here are some of my Barn Owl sketches. I am working on a painting of a Barn Owl at the moment so I have dug out these sketches that I did some time ago at the Natural History Museum. I made them sitting quietly on the floor, in an out of the way...
‘Charcoal sketches – Devon Donkeys’
Charcoal Sketches Today we have headed over to the ‘Donkey Sanctuary, near Sidmouth’. We enjoyed having a look around and stroking the noses of the more obliging donkeys. Before walking down the combe, with a picnic to Weston Mouth Beach. I stopped on the way for a...
Pen & wash sketch – ‘Weston Mouth Beach’
Pebbly Weston Mouth Beach A watercolour sketch of the house standing alone on Weston Mouth beach. We walked down from the Donkey Sanctuary. Following the delightful Dunscombe Coppice to Weston Mouth Beach. Which is to the east of Sidmouth on the south Devon Coast. The...
‘Watercolour sketching at Minehead’
Watercolour sketching at Minehead, on the beach, at the Station of the West Somerset Railway and at Dunster.Featured sketch above: Outside the Engine Shed Watercolour ~ A5 I worked on this sketch quite quickly, trying to capture the atmosphere in front of the engine...
‘An Isles of Scilly Sketchbook’
Camping on St Martin's This Isles of Scilly sketchbook was made whilst we are camping on the beautiful island of St Martin’s. St Martins, our favourite campsite on the Isles of Scilly. Last week on the mainland the weather has been very poor, so we are hoping for...
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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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