Paintings and Prints of the East Anglian Coast
So I sketched this tree back in April when it was naked after the Winter, here is a link to that sketch (http://www.kate-batchelor.co.uk/wrentham/day-95-of-my-2016-sketch-a-day-challenge/) . I always knew at some point during the summer I would revisit to sketch the tree in it’s prime.
An early evening walk down at Covehithe. This view is as you approach the end of the footpath as it arrives at the broad, to the left the path continues to the right the cliff edge with the beach 10 ft below and spreading into the distance. Tonight a sky of two halves to the north blue clear skies and to the south billowing grey clouds gobbling up the sun.
Not to be confused with the church in the suburbs of Ipswich this is Rushmere St Michael in the country lanes between Beccles and Lowestoft. Getting this sketch finished quickly as the sky is darkening by the minute and the threat of rain is again ever increasing.
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 upright stems.
Found this rolling in the wash of the sea on the beach at Kessingland. At first I was not sure what to do with it, I was sure that it was part of some WW2 munitions. Whilst we did not really want to pick it up and carry it home we also did not feel we could leave it on the beach. Pretty sure now and after Suffolk Police’s reaction we should not have brought it home. It has seen a lot of wear and only just resembles it’s former self. What we had found upon some investigation is the detonator to a WW2 mortar bomb. About 4 inches in length ans still showing signs of the 3 pairs of fins. I must stress that the item has been removed safely by Suffolk police/bomb disposal.
