Sketching Blog

We popped down to Budleigh Salterton (Devon) to do a quick bit of shopping, pay some cheques into the bank and have a stroll along the beach. A good idea you would have thought, but the ‘little fella’ moaned most of the way there and while we were in the shops. Started to show an …

Poking about at Exton (Devon) on the estuary side, not been down here before to have a look around. Weather is still comparatively warm and the tide is well in. This sketch is looking across the river Clyst to Riversmeet House (in the trees) at the end of the Goat Walk at Topsham. Very peaceful …

Riding the rails today on a ‘big expedition’ between Exmouth & Topsham on the Avocet Line (Devon). Bit warmer today, but still a chilly wind. This sketch is waiting on the platform to get the train back to Exmouth. (Pen & Brushpen)

The ‘little fella’ nodded off as we came over to Tesco’s this afternoon, so it was a good opportunity for a sketch in the car park. Which sounds odd, but I haven’t done one here for ages and I fancied doing another! It’s not at first glance the most of inspiring places, but it is …

Cold clear winters day, with the sun dropping away. Very cold sketching, but I always love this view, looking over Woodbury Common (Devon) to the hills and sea beyond. Over East Budleigh someone is having a bonfire with smoke rising. Now I’ll have to jump around to get my hands working again, I don’t feel …