Tag: Polruan

Sketching in Polruan

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A little while back we were on holiday and travelling some of the various tiny roads of Cornwall between Looe and Polruan. Of course we took another trip to Polperro, a tourist hot-spot and one of our favourite Cornish fishing villages. This also meant a visit to the village car park and 20th-century coin payment […]

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Boats in Polruan dockyard

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Another study of fishing boats in Polruan Dockyard on the southern coast of Cornwall. The same boats as another of my paintings ‘Polruan Boats’ as posted elsewhere on this blog but a little bit more sketchy and splashy. I liked Polruan – its on the quieter side of the estuary and sometimes the tramp of […]

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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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