by Nick | Jun 30, 2018 | Hints & Tips, Pen, Watercolour
Saturday found me in the beautiful village of Beer running a Sketching Workshop for the Otter Vale Art Society. A Group I know well and it’s just like meeting up with friends to do some sketching, on a hot summers day by the sea, finishing in ‘The Dolphin’ at 3.30....
by Nick | Oct 12, 2017 | Oils
First Mate at the Helm, painted in oils on canvas board – 30 x 40 cm. © Copyright Nick Watton. All Rights...
by Nick | Jul 30, 2017 | Oils
Our good friend’s Paul & Midge have kindly lent us their narrowboat again for a week’s gentle adventure on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Another great week has been had – seeing how far we can reach in the time allotted. It would be nice to head...
by Nick | Jul 25, 2017 | Watercolour
This was a very nice commission, to sketch the lovely sailing boat ‘Ursula’. I had originally sketched her as ‘Solais na Mara’ moored on the Isle of Mull (here’s a link to see my old sketch and how ‘Ursula’ used to look Trip...
by Nick | Aug 18, 2016 | Pen & Wash, Watercolour
I’m down in Fowey relaxing on ‘Exeat’, the 31-foot cruiser that I crew on and we are entered into the Royal Regatta. We have finished our race and I’m sat on the back of the boat watching the ‘Troy’ boat race in the estuary –...
by Nick | Sep 8, 2014 | Watercolour
We are off on an adventure from Devices, motoring through the peaceful & beautiful ‘Vale of Pewsey’, onboard the Good Ship ‘Rowan’. We used to own a canal boat, which was moored a little further west, on the Somerset Coal Canal. So it’s great to be back on the...
