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Sketches of and around St Michael’s Mount

Sketches of and around St Michael’s Mount

by Nick | Mar 9, 2025 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

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....
Robin Hoods Bay – a little sketching

Robin Hoods Bay – a little sketching

by Nick | Sep 30, 2024 | Pen & Wash Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Staying and sketching in Robin Hoods Bay We are having a short break in Robin Hoods Bay. Staying in Bramley Cottage a lovely four-story cottage, nestled into the old part of the village. It’s very cosy and well-equipped. Robin Hoods Bay is tucked into a...
‘Sketching in pen & watercolour ‘On the Beach’

‘Sketching in pen & watercolour ‘On the Beach’

by Nick | Oct 27, 2020 | Pen Drawing/Sketching, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Visit’s to the Beach Sketching people in pen, but mostly watercolour on the Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton beaches. These sketches are of my family members on the beach. We head down to the beach in all weathers and at all times of the year. Materials Used...
‘Sketching around Cornwall’

‘Sketching around Cornwall’

by Nick | Oct 26, 2020 | Charcoal Drawings, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

Cornwall Sketching in Cornwall is some that I have always done. We moved to West Cornwall when I was four years old. So it very much feels like my home. I was introduced to sketching ‘en plein air’ in Cornwall with some Art homework set by my teacher Mr...
Sketching from Mevagissey to Portscatho

Sketching from Mevagissey to Portscatho

by Nick | Oct 1, 2020 | Pen & Wash Sketching, Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

On the Cornish Coast Sketching along the Cornish coast path from just east of Mevagissey to just west of Portscatho. This is a superb spot, with delightful Cornish harbours to explore and the beautiful, rugged coast path to walk along. What could be better? The...
Painting and drawing at Praa Sands

Painting and drawing at Praa Sands

by Nick | Sep 19, 2020 | Pen & Wash Sketching, Pencil Drawing, Watercolour paintings & sketches

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...
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