Southchurch Hall Gardens with the Plein Air Group

 

A charity fund raiser organised by Andy Downes

 To raise money for cancer research  Andy organised a life drawing session with model in full Ghost Busters regalia. 

More sketches done with the Plein Air group and some accordian sketch books made at a great work shop in Chalkwell Park

 

Trip out to the Mansell Forts

 The lovely Andy Downes organised a boat trip out to the Mansell Forts, (Red Sands)  we also stayed a while at the Mulberry Harbour and SS Montgomery.   I am really glad I went, it was a 4.30 am start and a long day but we were blessed with good weather and a fairly calm sea.The forts, built in the 1940's to protect the entrance of the Thames and route to London are slowly falling into disrepair so I am really pleased that I was able to go on this trip.   Quite hard to paint in cramped conditions,  bobbing up and down!

Priory Park with the Plein Air painting group

 Southend Plein Air Painters meet once a month on a Sunday, a lot of the published sketches have been done with this group.

sketches done this year.

 I haven't posted many of the sketches that I have done this year, this is a random, motley collection!