A quick water-colour sketch of Port Quinn done on a recent trip to Cornwall. If it is warm enough to allow for reasonably quick drying time, water-colour is a super sketching tool. My palette is about the size of a box of Swan Vesta match's, two collapsible brushes and only a 100ml plastic bottle for water. Very small and compact; all the above will easily fit into the jacket pocket or bag. Small palettes of the above mentioned variety, are readily available at most craft or art stores.

But the good news is that the Augustus John, an art pub in Fordingbridge on the western side of the New Forest, has invited me to exhibit there from the 1st of March this year for a month. Brian who runs the place, pulls a good pint, the food is very good indeed and it is nice place to spend a short while  relaxing within its walls. Incidentally it is so called as it was the local pub for Augustus John, an artist whom you will no doubt know as an artist of great national renown.