by Nick | Feb 19, 2019 | Pen, Pencil, Watercolour
My son and his friend are doing a project about life in the ‘dark’ woods, so they wanted to come up to Dartmoor’s Ferworthy Reservoir as they remembered there being some good ‘Dark Woods’ there. After a walk on the moors, we were to be...
by Nick | Jan 15, 2019 | Pen, Pencil
My son and I have come to Exeter’s marvellous RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum – which is free! Though, of course, we did give a donation. Which seems only reasonable). With the intention of sketching some of the exhibits. As he would like some practice...
by Nick | May 22, 2004 | Pen, Pencil, Watercolour
Watercolour sketch of Round Island with its lighthouse from Plumb Island, a tidal island attached to St Martins. A4 Stepped off the Scillionan back onto St Mary’s – it’s just such a special place, you seem to immediately slip back into a Scillies way...
by Nick | Jun 1, 2000 | Pencil
Continuing J & my stroll around the Berkshire Downs we have just dropped off the Ridgeway and find Wayland’s Smithy. A long barrow with four large sarsen stones at the entrance. The name Wayland being a Saxon Smith God. According to legend, a rider whose...
by Nick | Jun 1, 2000 | Charcoal
J & I have been out for a walk around the Berkshire Downs, we have arrived at the fantastic Uffington White Horse. What a beautiful piece of stylised design from whatever period it is. Up close as we are, you get much more abstract forms as it is obviously...
by Nick | May 23, 1999 | Charcoal, Pen & Wash, Pencil, Watercolour
After a choppy crossing from Aberdeen, we arrived on Orkney. Pitched the tent on the exposed Point of Ness campsite and made some soup. As there appeared to be no chip shop – we were wrong about this, but it was closed anyway! This morning we have been exploring...
