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‘Sketching in Beer with the OVAS Gang’
To BeerSaturday found me in the beautiful village of Beer. Running a Sketching Workshop for OVAS, the Otter Vale Art Society. A Group I know well and it’s just like meeting up with friends to do some sketching. It's a hot summers day by the sea and we'll be finishing...
‘Watercolour sketch at Wistman’s Wood’
Wistman's Wood Sketching with watercolours, in the wonderfully shaggy Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor, which is beloved of our young lad. The wood is a strangely eerie place with it's twisted little oak trees, all bedecked with hanging moss' and lichens. The trees grow...
‘People Sketching’
People Sketching Sketches of people in a variety of settings. This was a period when the only way to get my baby son to have an afternoon nap, was to put him in the car and drive. Nothing else worked very well. So I would give him his lunch, make some sandwiches for...
‘Sketching the Musicians at Phonic FM’
In the StudioThis set of sketches are all from me sitting in on Mark & Steve's 'The Last Transmission' show. I have sketched both Mark & Steve, as well as some of their guest musicians who have come into the studio at Exeter's 'Phonic FM'. The studio is not an ideal...
‘Oil Painting – First Mate at the Helm’
Materials Used Oil painting of a young man, sailing, 'First Mate at the Helm'. Painted using Michael Harding and Winsor & Newton, Artists’ oil paints, with round brushes on canvas board - 30 x 40 cm. For this painting, I had to work from photos, but still did a little...
‘Watercolour of sailing boat ‘Ursula’
'Ursula' This was a very nice commission. To produce two watercolour views of the lovely sailing boat 'Ursula', in a 'sketchy' style. I had originally sketched her as 'Solais na Mara' moored on the Isle of Mull (here's a link to see my old sketch and how 'Ursula' used...
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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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