End of summer visit to Eype, Dorset...

The visit to Eype was lovely!  The day after our bradford on avon outing, we all (this time dad and bran too) drove down to dorset.  Eype is a very pretty tiny village on dorset coast.  Pebble beach, quite high cliffs , and sitting there provided a brilliant view across the beach, sea and cliffs / heathland around us. Didn't do a lot of sketching.  Again - just pen then water colour, and like usual, quick, and not much looking at paper.  I find this less intimidating than a careful, slow, considered sketch, and for me it works better.  found a better pen this time - less bleeding.  its a uniball signo gel grip pen 0.7mm

Bradford on avon sketching

Having enjoyed (!) sketching on honeymoon, and regaining a little confidence, I happily agreed to mum's suggestion of taking our paints, pencils etc on our day out together.  We went to Bradford on Avon - a lovely characterful town outside Bath, with plenty of brilliant sketching potential
as its always full of people out and about, the river runs through it, as does the canal.  We pitched up by the river.  Giggling to ourselves (why is sketching funny?!) we had a little go at 'capturing' our surroundings - ie the view across the river.  The train route is just visable over the far side of the river bank, and every few minutes a train would whizz by - there were seconds to form an impression of shape and colour etc.  As so much in way of greenery, and little in the way of actual stand out landmarks, this view wasnt that easy to do... enough waffle.

sketch starts with black pen (roller ball i think , but bleeds a little too much..) and then filled in with water colour (its brilliantly portable with a small bottle of water, plastic cup, and small paints tin)

train whizzes by the river at bradford on avon, somerset

i like to sketch quickly, and look at the paper relatively little.

not much sketching actually occurred, but we managed to have another go at the pub - Cross Guns, Avoncliff.  Not really very keen on this one, but i'll put it on for the record (my record..)  NB the flowers on the left hand side were such a beautiful purple.  I just couldn't get the colour right!!

view from cross guns pub avoncliff

I wish i could put mums sketches on! she didn't like them, but i thought they had such appeal!!!