Gallery in the Lanes and Riverside Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Not long now until my exhibition of my sketch a day challenge from 2016. I would love to see you at my PV which is being held at “Gallery in the Lanes” in Norwich. The exhibition will be spread between 2 galleries with also work at “Riverside Art and Glass” in Wroxham. Both will run […]

Week 30, 2017 Colour sketch challenge

Hemp Agrimony at Carlton Marshes I thought today would be another flower sketch and no better place than the wonderful Carlton Marshes. Here there is a diverse range of flowers with the stand out at the moment being the Purple Loosestrife, Meadow Sweet, Sow Thistle, Water Mint and what became the subject matter Hemp Agrimony. […]

Week 29, 2017 Colour sketch challenge

Soaring Swifts I was sitting in the Bell at Walberswick with friends last Sunday listening to a wonderful Irish folk session when outside I could hear the Swifts screaming past outside in their pursuit for their evening insects. I was amazed at how many they were as I stepped outside and at how close they […]

Week 28, 2017 Colour sketch challenge

Knapweed Over half way through the year and this is the first in many ways. It is the first Portrait image, the first botanical and certainly the first not to be a landscape. Having spent the day at Minsmere yesterday with so many beautiful flowers I thought today’s sketch should be botanical, especially as so […]

Week 27, 2017 Colour sketch challenge

Greyfriars Priory ruins, Dunwich The site of one the sketch a day sketches now part of the weekly challenge. The 13th century ruins sit inside a walled 7 acre enclosure with its 2 gateways. I was taken by the view through one of the windows.