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Sketches of and around St Michael’s Mount

Sketches of and around St Michael’s Mount

by Nick | Mar 9, 2025 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

St Michael’s Mount I never tire of sitting and sketching the beautiful, serene St Michael’s Mount. It is a place that seems to have always been with me, from a small child to an adult. St Michael’s Mount is an island only 500m’s from the mainland....
Sketches along the Topsham shore

Sketches along the Topsham shore

by Nick | Sep 28, 2023 | Charcoal Drawings, Oil Paintings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Sketching/Painting at Topsham Sketching & walking around Topsham I can enjoy my love of history, wildlife and all things maritime. There is a real sense of history, with all of Topsham’s Dutch roofed houses. I love all of the old slips heading down to the...
‘Sketching around Cornwall’

‘Sketching around Cornwall’

by Nick | Oct 26, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Cornwall Sketching in Cornwall is some that I have always done. We moved to West Cornwall when I was four years old. So it very much feels like my home. I was introduced to sketching ‘en plein air’ in Cornwall with some Art homework set by my teacher Mr...
‘Walking and sketching along the Otter Estuary’

‘Walking and sketching along the Otter Estuary’

by Nick | Apr 23, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Walks, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Walking and sketching along the Otter Estuary and coast path. This is one of my favourite walks in the area. Over the years I have sat and sketched several different views along the route. This is my attempt to describe and illustrate this beautiful short walk. So if...
‘Brown’s Folly Tower – a walk and a sketch’

‘Brown’s Folly Tower – a walk and a sketch’

by Nick | Feb 19, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings

The Sketch I sketched quickly in Willow Charcoal, working in an A4 Winsor & Newton, Field Sketch Pad. This medium seemed to suit the slightly bleak feel of the wintery day. I sketched in a little first, rubbing this with my fingers. To plan out the sketch and put...
Sketches from Exmouth Beach

Sketches from Exmouth Beach

by Nick | Aug 8, 2019 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Exmouth Beach Exmouth is said to be the oldest holiday resort in Devon, becoming established in the 1700’s. When the wealthy would come to recuperate in the ‘medicinal salt waters’, which was then fashionable. With the coming of the railway to...
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