Category: Boats, Harbours and things nautical

Fishing Boat PZ86 at St. Ives Harbour

.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been sorting through some old photos of past trips to harbours around the UK andhaving a go at a sketch of one of the fishing boats at low tide in St. Ives harbour. This is the result. Also below is my initial sketch and first wash. It is all nothing too complicated but maybe […]

Read More

The Maggie G at Lower Fishguard Harbour

.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been continuing to do some watercolours in a line and wash style. This painting is from a recent summer holiday around the west coast of Wales. Its a study of the fishing boat Maggie G moored up in Lower Fishguard Harbour. After a day driving up the coast from Porthgain (a previous post), we […]

Read More

A view of Porthgain Harbour, Pembrokeshire

.Reading time 1 minute.

I have been getting around to working up some drawings and watercolour after a summer holiday in Wales. Surprisingly we got away with only one day’s rain – and this mostly around St. David’s. The rain didn’t do much to keep the hoards of tourists away from the UK’s smallest city and what is there […]

Read More

Barmouth Boat AB 102

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here is another drawing and quick watercolour sketch -this time of one of the fishing boats moored up beside the estuary at Barmouth on the northwest coast of Wales. This is an image from a wander around the beach and foreshore on a particularly scenic evening. On this occasion the tide was quite a long […]

Read More

Working up a painting of boats in Tenby Harbour

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today I have been working on a drawing and watercolour of boats in Tenby Harbour. I’ve recently been away on holiday and was lucky enough to be able to take a walk around Tenby Harbour at low tide to explore and take photos. This on one of those rare sunny clear days with not too […]

Read More