Leigh on sea, Cliffs Pavilion

During the nice weather got a little water colour sketch done in Leigh and then the Chalk Collective organised a sketch night at the Cliffs Pavilion.  Great chance before the performance started to sketch people but during the interval not many people came to the bar.  It is also getting dark earlier so drawing the view from the windows  had to be quick.  The sketches are a little difficult to see as I used a fountain pen with a fine nib.

Leigh on sea

Another glorious day,so spent the afternoon sketching in Leigh.  Leigh hill, a really pretty house with lots of hanging baskets and then from the gardens behind the library looking out across to Canvey and onto Kent at low tide.

A glorious weekend in Suffolk.

Spent a wonderful time with a school friend in the best of weathers sketching in Beccles, Southwold, Thorpeness and in Kessingland where I was invited to stay.

Leigh Art Trail

It is the Leigh art trail this week.  Exhibits in shops, cafes, workshops so Paul organised a sketch walk starting in the library gardens, then in the churchyard and on down into the old town.    A group of about 10 started out on what was a gloriously sunny afternoon.  We ended in the Crooked Billet pub courtyard.

Priory Park and my brothers garden.

Very windy today but there are lovely walled gardens attached to the Priory in Priory Park, Prittlewell so Paul and I went there to sketch today.  The gardens are lovely, this is the smallest one,with roses, lavender and herbs.

 Simons deck on a very hot day,

Wednesday 31.5.17

Paul teaches in Leigh on a Wednesday so we tend to meet up once he has finished his class.  It was hot and sunny today with little shade.   From Leigh we went to Gunners Park, an old army garrison in Shoebury.  Had to stand for one of the sketches which was pretty uncomfortable, so the paint ran!

Wednesday 17.5.17

Met Paul after his art class in Leigh on sea and did the sketch of the fishing boats and then we drove on to Shoeburyness to sketch the Poppy Wave.   The flies were awful for some reason, the guides working at the installation suggested it was because a storm was brewing.   Fortunately got home before the rain.