Heddons Valley

Whilst the weather is still dry, we decided to take a walk along next to the river at

Heddon Valley

in the picture below you will see the pub, Hunters Inn

which is now owned by the National Trust 

 as we walked past and followed the river,

we could see a working party of National Trust rangers

and volunteers clearing the grounds behind the Inn

Cutting trees, but not taken away, they were being used on the site itself

Looked like they were doing a good job.

Apparently the weather forecasters are telling us there may be snow this week,

so we were glad to have got out for this walk

and very pleased to come across some

snowdrops!

Here are some new paintings on my Etsy shop...

A mixture of some Watercolour & Gouache paintings

 they measure approx. 6½" x 4½"

complete with a wooden easel 

you can see more details about them 

here 

Completed painting...

Well, I got the painting finished from the previous posts video

Titled:

"Sailing in at Sunset"

Added this to a canvas - completed with clear wax medium to protect the gouache

I'll be putting this little beauty on my shop 

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Thought you may like to see this, it's the beginnings of a painting showing the first wash.

Urban sketching in Cornwall

 ~ Cornwall ~

We've been there before and decided to take a few days again in Lostwithiel

Knowing I would be taking my sketching/painting gear with me, I put out the question to one of the Groups I belong to on Facebook - South Cornwall Sketchclubs

If you don't ask you don't find out and fortunately I wasn't disappointed.  

I've always thought there are people out there wanting to sketch in company, they only need to be asked.

As I wasn't totally familiar with places (indoors as it is January), I was reliant on suggestions and 

Suzannah Ford from the sketch group agreed that the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery & Garden Centre would be a good place.

It was definitely too cold for sketching outside and we were really lucky to get seating in front of the log fire in the restaurant.  

The staff were great, they came round to see if we needed anything and left us to happily sketch and draw for a couple of hours.

Suzannah's painting on the left - mine on the right

and the Carrot cake was delicious - beyond delicious in fact Yum!

Gouache in moleskine sketchbook 12" x 9"

I will definitely be asking sketch groups again when we are away - no doubt there will be fellow sketchers out there happy to join in.

footnote:   Suzannah - Really nice to have met you.

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