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At the moment the only way to get our 'little fella' to sleep, which he still needs is to pop him in the car and go for a drive. I am sat in the car most days taking along my sketch book. So these sketches vary in medium, what is in front of the windscreen and how I'm feeling. Some are quick jobs, some take a little longer. I am hoping to keep posting one a day, as it helps me to stay happy and sane(ish).
Scaff 2
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8/3/10 - Sat sketching the lads working on the scaff today at Tesco's. Bright but cold day. (Pen & Ink)
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Scaff 1
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8/3/10 - Sat sketching the lads working on the scaff at Tesco's today.
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'Admiring the view'
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5/3/10 - Quick pen job. Time to wake up the 'little lad' so that he doesn't get to much sleep!
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"Flocking to the Sea"
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5/3/10 - Low tide at Exmouth (Devon), sun shimmering on the sea. Lots of people out & about, making the most of the sun.
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'Ebbing Tide'
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4/3/10 - Ebbing tide at Budliegh Salterton looking across the Otter Estuary again. Bright day with a nippy wind, swans on the river and a huge flock of Gulls suddenly took wing.
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'Shed Sir?'
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3/3/10 - Somewhat lacking in inspiration, sat in the Garden centre car park. Oh well, I suppose you have to take the rough with the smooth. (Broad sketching pen)
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'Low Tide'
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2/3/10 - Sketching at the east end of Exmouth beach (Devon) - bright spring like day. Lots of dog walkers, two canoeists, gulls and Oystercatchers. A very low tide today (full moon was two days ago). When the 'little fella' awoke we paddled, made sand castles and met a surprisingly friendly whippet.
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"Who you looking at?"
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1/3/10 - Sat in 'Tesco's' car park, in front of a brick wall. What to draw...Ah yes that fello who looks at me from the mirror. (Pen, brush & ink)
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'Faggins'
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27/2/10 - Sat in 'Faggins Reclamation & Antiques' car park. 'Tiny Man' not asleep for that long. So we are off to look at wardrobes. (Expensive as expected). (Pen, brush & ink)
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'Otter Valley'
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26/2/10 - Parked up in the Otter Valley (Devon) - bright day, but very windy. Several walkers and cars bowling along this little lane. Went for a short walk along by the river when the little lad woke up and we threw stones off the bridge into the river. (Pen & ink)
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Misty wet day at the seaside
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25/2 - A wet, foggy day at Budliegh Salterton (Devon), with rain pattering down on the car roof and car slowly steaming up. (Watercolour).
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'On the Otter'
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24/2 - Otter Estuary from Budliegh Salterton (Devon). Curlew, swans and Gulls. It was dry for my sketch, then we had rain driving in. The 'little fella' and I went for a short stroll up the valley. Just avoiding the worst of the rain. (Watercolour)
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'Wet & windy'
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23/2 - Riverside Valley Park (Exeter). A very wet and windy day outside the car, one brave dog walker went by.
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'Zone B'
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22/2 - Cold, bleak day sat in the soulless, creativity sucking car park of Tesco's, waiting to do the shopping! My maxim 'of it not mattering what you draw, as long as you are drawing' is put to the test. I started two others before this, but lost momentum very quickly.
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Exe Estuary 2
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19/2 - View down the Exe again (Devon). Sun and squalls. Oystercatcher and Fishermen poking about looking for worms. Watercolour.
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'car park'
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17/2 - A more interesting car park in a garden centre! Broad Sketching Pen.
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'little fella'
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17/2 - The tiny man asleep in his car seat. Sketching pen.
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Teignmouth
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16/2 - Parked up on Woodbury Common looking out towards Teignmouth (Devon). Sketched in biro - which I do like for sketching and is often handy. Blustery day - scudding clouds.
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Exe Estuary
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15/2 - Recommended by a friend this view and car park. Looking down the Exe Estuary at low tide, quiet day, not much about. Watercolour & Pen.
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