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....
by Nick | Oct 13, 2018 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
Watercolour sketch ~ A4 I’m sitting sheltered from the worst of the wind on the headland on the eastern side of Port Gaverne. Along with the wind, I can hear the sea booming into caves and sending up spray. The wind is still strong, blowing from the land out to...
by Nick | Sep 14, 2018 | Pen & Wash Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
A4 ~ Watercolour sketch Watercolour washes with black ink applied with a brush (Round No.6). The large black areas I finished off later as I was running out of light, way too fast. I’m at a loose end on the west side of the Exe Estuary. So, of course, I strolled...
by Nick | Aug 30, 2018 | Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches
Lindisfarne These sketches are of our visit to Lindisfarne & Bamburgh Castle. I’m sketching in a Arboreta 160gsm off-white cartridge paper pad. I find the paper does not cockle too much when I apply a watercolour wash. We are on holiday in and around the...
by Nick | Jun 30, 2018 | Hints & Tips for Painting & Drawing, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
To Beer Saturday 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...
by Nick | Jun 11, 2018 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
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....
