Cannon on top of Gun Hill southwold A sketch of one of the six cannons that sits pointing out to sea on Gun Hill in Southwold. These eighteen pound cannons were given to the town in 1746 by the Royal Amouries for protecting shipping from raids.
Category Archives: Southwold
Day 194, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Musk Mallow Yet again drawing on the flowers of Hen Reedbeds (Suffolk Wildlife Trust) with this sketch of Musk mallow (Malva moschata). Growing by the car park as this is a perennial that prefers drier soil and not the wet reedbeds normally associated with this reserve. It has the most delicate pink coloured flowers on […]
Day 192, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Meadow Cranesbill sketch Found next to the car park at Hen Reedbeds nature reserve just outside Southwold. This Meadows Cranesbill (Geranium pratense) was one of several likely candidates for my sketch today and I could not resist the blue/violets flowers of this grassland perennial. Common throughout the east and south of Great Britain and for […]
Day 168, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Ooops apologies to my website viewers and subscribers, I managed to post yesterdays sketch on twitter and facebook etc. but for some reason failed to upload to the website as I was busy getting ready to open my studio to Suffolk Open studio visitors this weekend. I only realized as I went to post today’s […]
Day 161, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
I have always admired this rudder outside of the sailors reading rooms in Southwold. It once belonged to the beach yawl “Bittern” one of many that used to be homed on Southwold beach.