by Nick | Jan 8, 2018 | Charcoal Drawings, Digital Drawing and Painting, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing
In the Studio This 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...
by Nick | Jun 17, 2017 | Charcoal Drawings
Blackdown Hills The above Charcoal and Pastel sketch of a Wooded Path, makes much use of the green paper. With just the shadows added using charcoal and the white pastel as ‘negative space’, Sky. I liked the stark shape of the tree standing out against the...
by Nick | Aug 25, 2015 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
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...
by Nick | Apr 27, 2015 | Charcoal Drawings, Watercolour paintings & sketches
On the Coast Path I’m out enjoying a walk between Praa Sands and Prusia Cove, it’s a glorious evening on the Cornish Coast Path. It’s been a hot, sunny day and the evening is still warm. With the sun just starting its descent. I hope to do a little sketching along the...
by Nick | May 30, 2013 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
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...
by Nick | Oct 13, 2012 | Charcoal Drawings
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...