‘Watercolour sketch – Burnet Moths’
Emerging Burnet Moths An A5, watercolour sketch of Burnet Moths emerging from their chrysalises. This was sketched in an A5 Canson XL Croquis Spiral Pad, with my Winsor & Newton, watercolour field paint box. Also using a no.1 sable brush and a 6B pencil....
Oil Painting ~ ‘Reflections’
Work In Progress My current work that’s on my easel. An oil painting from the charcoal sketch below. ‘Reflections’ – reflecting the sky on the wet beach and perhaps also the mood of the figure. Exmouth Reflections Charcoal on cartridge paper ~...
Watercolour Painting – ‘JCB 4’
Here’s a different commission for me, a watercolour painting of the first, 1960, ‘JCB 4’ Backhoe Loader. With lots of detail wanted of the mechanics in the rear. It has been set working on the cliffs at Orcombe Point, with the Exe Estuary beyond. The...
‘Canoeing down the Exe Estuary’
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...
‘Charcoal sketches – Devon Donkeys’
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...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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