Day 172, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge

Dragons teeth

After a very wet morning it finally cleared up which presented the opportunity to walk southwards along Kessingland beach. However the skies welled up with dark storm clouds producing dramatic contrasts in the landscape. However with ever moving clouds it was very changeable and I instead settled down with one of my favorite subjects on the beach the dragons teeth which have remained since the end of the war.

Dragons teeth sketch 172

Day 169, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge

So far in my sketch a year challenge I have drawn Honesty flower seedheads which were dried and transparent from over the winter. Then in Spring I drew some Honesty flowers which have now gone full circle and are once again seedheads. However the difference is that the seedheads are still green and purple and plump.

Green and purple Honesty sketch 169

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 sketch. Spent the morning at RSPB Minsmere volunteering with Bittern monitoring so on the way home I called into Southwold for a quick sketch of the beach huts at the bottom of Gun hill.

Southwold beach huts sketch 168