Sketching Porthleven Harbour, Cornwall

July 13, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

This is another sketch from my recent stay at Porthleven on the south Cornish coast. Staying in the town meant that it was easy to just go out and draw the harbour. This particular sketch was drawn while waiting for some of the local (very good) fish & chips on a nice warm and sunny […]

A small fishing boat called Zephyr

July 10, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve been away on holiday in Cornwall and between walking and driving and exploring have occasionally found the time to do some drawing. Staying next to the harbour in Porthleven for a couple of nights gave me the opportunity to do a few studies of the harbour. This is a place where I’ve done some […]

Porthleven Boat

December 13, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

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 […]

Porthleven Harbour, Cornwall

April 5, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another view of the sailing boat ‘Roma’ in Porthleven harbour, Cornwall. This painting is from a blustery and rainy day – I even managed to lose my hat – blown into the harbour but thankfully retrived with a bit of clambering and the use of a stick. A bit soggy but otherwise ok!

The Roma at Porthleven, Cornwall

March 23, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

One of my series of boats and harbours – this is a watercolour sketch of the sailing boat ‘Roma’ at low tide in the harbour at Portleven, Cornwall

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