‘Failing light on the Exe’
Sitting on a slip on the Exe A4 ~ Watercolour sketch ~ Sold I’m at a loose end on the west side of the Exe Estuary. So, of course, I strolled out (actually it turned out to be quite a brisk walk to beat the failing light) with my sketchbook. Heading towards the...
‘Sketching in Beer with the OVAS Gang’
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...
‘Watercolour sketch at Wistman’s Wood’
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....
‘People Sketching’
People Sketching Sketches of people in a variety of settings. This was a period when the only way to get my baby son to have an afternoon nap, was to put him in the car and drive. Nothing else worked very well. So I would give him his lunch, make some sandwiches for...
‘Charcoal & Pastel Sketch – Wooded Path’
Blackdown Hills We have been camping on the Blackdown Hills with lots of Cub Scouts and their families and having a hot, jolly time! With even some ‘Ging Gang Googling’ around the campfire. While the youngsters were in the pool splashing about, I strolled...About Me
Hello and welcome to my Sketching Blog! My name is Nick Watton and I’m passionate about art, painting, drawing and sketching.
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