Category: Cornwall

A small sketch of Mevagissey Harbour

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Something a bit different today – here is a quick watercolour sketch of Mevagissey Harbour in Cornwall. If the quality isn’t so great it is because the original sketch is only about 4″ x 2 1/2″ – more of a thumbnail really. Still I hope you like it!

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A study of boats in the shipbuilding yard at Polruan

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Another in a series on boats, harbours and things coastal. This is a study of ships at the shipbuilding yard in Polruan, Cornwall. Polruan lies on the eastern side of the Fowey Estuary in southern Cornwall.  Whilst Fowey (usually pronounced ‘Foy’) on the opposite bank is more familiar to visitors, Polruan is just a short […]

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Porthleven Boat

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This a painting of one of the boats – the  ‘Sharon Tracy’ – in Porthleven harbour, Cornwall. The cabin of this boat makes it appealing, with its larger glass windows – perhaps not so good for rough seas but better for a gentle days puttering? Also here a photograph of the Sharon Tracey on an […]

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