by Nick | Oct 1, 2020 | Pen, Pen & Wash, Pencil, Watercolour
On the Cornish Coast Sketching along the Cornish coast path from just east of Mevagissey to just west of Portscatho. For these sketches I have used an A4 Arboretta heavy-weight 160g/m sketch pad. This has off-white cartridge paper and is a sketch pad that I quite...
by Nick | Sep 19, 2020 | Pen & Wash, Pencil, Watercolour
Praa Sands Painting and drawing on the mile-long, white sandy beach of Praa Sands. Praa Sands has dramatic Cornish coastline and larger than waves, for the area. Which attracts many surfers, all year round. The beach has shallow water and seasonal lifeguards. There is...
by Nick | Aug 26, 2020 | Pen & Wash
Sketching on Budleigh Salterton beach There is much of interest along Budleigh Salterton beach for the artist. I particularly like that the beach is still used by small working, fishing boats. These boats are drawn up and the fishermen will sell some of their catch at...
by Nick | Aug 8, 2019 | Charcoal, Pen, Pen & Wash, Watercolour
Exmouth Beach Exmouth is said to be the oldest holiday resort in Devon, becoming established in the 1700’s. When the wealthy would come to recuperate in the ‘medicinal salt waters’, which was then fashionable. With the coming of the railway to...
by Nick | Aug 7, 2019 | Pen, Pen & Wash, Watercolour
Back to Exmouth Beach Sketching again on Exmouth beach. Generally I prefer the quieter Orcombe Point end of the beach. Or when it’s low tide I also like to walk around Orcombe Point and along the beach that joins to Sandy Bay. Around Triassic Rock My little boy...
by Nick | Feb 5, 2019 | Charcoal, Pastel, Pen, Pen & Wash, Watercolour
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....
