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...
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. During this time of ‘lockdown’, this is my attempt to describe and...
by Nick | Mar 15, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings, Oil Paintings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
Sketching 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 Exe Estuary...
by Nick | Feb 19, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings
I sketched quickly in 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...
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...
by Nick | Feb 5, 2019 | 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....
