Conkers Well it’s week 39 and that means we are 3 quarters the way through the challenge and 3 quarters through the year and now definitely Autumn and what could be more appropriate than Horse Chestnut Conkers. It was quite a surprise to me that in Wrentham there should be so many laying on the …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Week 38, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Southwold, Blackshore An grey afternoon sketch on the Blackshore, Southwold harbour. Old favorites moored up at the end of a platoon as the tide ebbed its way out, behind are the old huts on the Walberswick bank where the hand rowed ferry crosses. Several times during the sketch the flock of geese that feed in …
Week 37, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Walking into the wind Painted mid week on the promenade at Pakefield just below “The Jolly sailors” at the tail end of storm Aileen. The dog walkers were all heads down in the strong winds. I was fortunate to be in the lea of the cliff out of the wind. By now the sea had …
Week 36, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Bungay Castle I was born just 6.5 miles from Bungay castle and as strange as it seems this is the first time in my life that I have been. What is more strange is that until this week I was unaware of it’s significance. So how is it that on the numerous times I have …
Week 35, 2017 Colour sketch challenge
Benacre It is a 45 minute walk along the beach from our house to the orange cliffs at Benacre with my husband and Pippa my dog AKA “the studio assistant”. Back today to the pill box that was a subject of my 2016 sketch a day and still with the massive tree trunk. A beautiful …