Wet Sand, Kennack. Cornwall.
Sketchbook.
It is hot! The tide is out, exposing miles of wet sand that takes the reflections of sky and cliff and sends back a message of hazy, lazy summer days. The only hint of human here today are my own footprints.
Spring Lane, Gillan Creek.
Sketchbook.
This is the lane that runs alongside the creek, where I shall be walking the good dog coco as soon as we move into our new house and she comes back from my Mums house. These lanes, deeply dappled in the brightest greens and washed with swathes of blue from the bluebells, are like long, cool breaths of pure oxygen.
Another sketchbook page, you can order a print for £10 or $20, posting and packing included, just send me an email if you would like one.
Sheep on The Hill
Sketchbook.
Another little doodle of sheep, the lambs are swelling, the trees are loosing their skeletal shapes being filled with a fat cloak of green. Spring seems to be fattening up about to burst into summer.
Running Sheep.
Sketchbook,
I feel a bit like this sheep right now, dashing around, little bit of a bleat now and then. Anyway, less of the bleating girl, summer is a coming, its May and the greenness of leaves and grass is breathtaking. Walking through the beech woods renders me speechless and the fields are like a shot in the arm, so vibrant.
This is available as a jolly nice print, $20 or £10 post and packing included, let me know if you would like one.
Serpentine, Kennac Sands.
Tin Barn, Manaccan.
Oil on wood
33.5cm x 25cm. Or 13in x 10in
I love rusted corrugated tin. I like the colours and the gentle curving shapes that develop over time. This barn stands in a corner of a field that looks out to sea. I turn my back on the sea to indulge in a little rusted tin worship!
Sky Hole and Yellow Gorse.
WatercolourApprox 40cm x 50cm or 16in x 20in.
A squall of rain darkens the sky making the gorse flowers into tiny beacons of colour; far away across the sea there is better weather on the way.
Sessile Oak, First Leaves.
Watercolour
24cm x 32cm or 9.4in x 12.6in.
The first flush of green is softening the edges and smoothing the stark trees with a blush of tender leaves. I am sitting in a field to paint this, all I can hear are wood pigeons, far off gulls and sheep and the buzz of insects enjoying the warm spring sunshine. Lunchtime comes around and the distant voices of children released for playtime at the village school adds to the feeling that I have of playing truant!
St Anthony in Maneage.
The best place to be, a beautiful creek opening out to the sea, catching brown river shrimp, enjoying the early sun and watching the boats..
Sketchbook WatercoloursThese are available as prints. They are reproduced on archival digital watercolour paper. The paper is A4 size (11 in x 8in) and there is a border around the printed image of about 4cm or 1.5in, this measurement may vary according to the paintings format. They cost $20. Or £10. Postage and packing is included. Please email me if you would like to buy one.
Sheep 179.
WatercolourApprox
40cm x 50cm or 16in x 20in.
The fields are jumping with lambs and bright fresh grass. The clean blue sea is the backdrop, the gentle voice of the sheep borne on the light breeze becomes the soundtrack. I feel full of the excitement of Spring, the promise of those hot summer days comes closer. Sheep 179 watches as I draw, then she gets bored and goes back to her lamb and the new grass.
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