by Nick | Nov 5, 2013 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
Chopped up cereal box Well, ‘little R’ wanted a Star Wars Jedi Master ‘Plo Koon’ mask for the fancy dress party in the village. “Dad, could you just make me…..” Unfortunatly his favourite Jedi is also one of the most...
by Nick | Sep 8, 2013 | Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches
A little backpacking and sketching trip along the North Cornish Coast Path, with my old pal, Paul. We are off on a little weekends backpacking trip, which we haven’t done for quite a while now. So the boot of the car is full of rucksacks, walking boots, tent,...
by Nick | Jul 16, 2013 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
Swing Bridge to Topsham Tuesday, Mrs W’s day off – so we drop ‘the lad’ off at school and slip away for a little ‘backyard adventure’. Canoeing down the Exe Estuary. We pop the canoe in at the Exeter’s Swing Bridge. Ours is an Old Town Charles...
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 | Nov 9, 2012 | Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches
Natural History Museum Here are some of my Barn Owl sketches. I am working on a painting of a Barn Owl at the moment so I have dug out these sketches that I did some time ago at the Natural History Museum. I made them sitting quietly on the floor, in an out of the way...
by Nick | Aug 9, 2012 | Pen & Wash Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches
Sketching People These sketches are in a range of settings. Sketched quietly, in an A5 Daler-Rowney Red & Yellow sketch pad. Using my Winsor & Newton travelling watercolour set and a waterproof fineliner pen and on ‘Collar Up’, a brush pen....
