Sketches from Bystock Pools, nr Exmouth
Bystock Pools Bystock Pools is a Devon Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve. It has a range of habitats, with heathland, patches of woodland, a meadow and a lily pad filled lake. It is also part of and bordered by the Pebblebed Heaths. Creating a stunning place to visit....
‘Brown’s Folly Tower – a walk and a sketch’
The Sketch I sketched quickly in Willow Charcoal, working in an A4 Winsor & Newton, Field Sketch Pad. This medium seemed to suit the slightly bleak feel of the wintery day. I sketched in a little first, rubbing this with my fingers. To plan out the sketch and put...
‘Watercolour sketch at Wistman’s Wood’
Wistman’s Wood Sketching with watercolours, in the wonderfully shaggy Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor, which is beloved of our young lad. The wood is a strangely eerie place with it’s twisted little oak trees, all bedecked with hanging moss’ and lichens....
‘Charcoal & Pastel Sketch – Wooded Path’
Blackdown Hills We have been camping on the Blackdown Hills with lots of Cub Scouts and their families and having a hot, jolly time! With even some ‘Ging Gang Googling’ around the campfire. While the youngsters were in the pool splashing about, I strolled...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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