by Nick | Jul 19, 2020 | Oil Paintings, Pencil Drawing
‘Heather and Red Deer on Exmoor’. This oil painting commission was very personal. To help someone to remember his Granny and family farm on Exmoor. Paul asked for there to be lots of heather, windswept trees and possibly a Red Deer stag. However, he...
by Nick | Jan 15, 2019 | Pen Drawing/Sketching, Pencil Drawing
Visiting the RAMM My son and I have come to Exeter’s marvellous RAMMuseum (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...
by Nick | Apr 27, 2015 | Charcoal Drawings, Watercolour paintings & sketches
On the Coast Path I’m out enjoying a walk between Praa Sands and Prusia Cove, it’s a glorious evening on the Cornish Coast Path. It’s been a hot, sunny day and the evening is still warm. With the sun just starting its descent. I hope to do a little sketching along the...
by Nick | Sep 8, 2014 | Oil Paintings, Watercolour paintings & sketches
We are off on a narrowboat adventure on the Kennet and Avon Canal, with a little sketching too. ‘Rowan’, the boat we are borrowing in moored at Devizes Marina, from there we’ll be chugging through the peaceful & beautiful ‘Vale of Pewsey’. We...
by Nick | Jul 10, 2014 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
Emerging Burnet Moths An A5, watercolour sketch of Burnet Moths emerging from their chrysalises. The sun is shining and Mrs W & I are out for a stroll up West Downs Beacon, the highest point between Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth. Here there are wide views along...
by Nick | Jun 4, 2014 | Watercolour paintings & sketches
Watercolour Painting New realistic watercolour painting of ‘Avocets’. I composed the group from photographs of Avocets that I had taken at Paradise Park. The birds were behind a wire fence, however, I was able to get close to the birds and take lots of...
