For a few days Liz and myself have moved sideways to Cornwall and are staying with friends in a super house near Polzeath, on the Camel estuary.

In the morning my bedroom window over looks the River Camel estuary, which lies between the Pentire Point and the Stepper Point; truly amazing by any standards.The above drawing is of the Stepper point from Polzeath. The image is only about 4 by 2 inch's. Working at such a small scale means that images can be produced fairly rapidly, which is quite important when traveling with family or friends who want to move on.

From a technical point of view it is rather difficult to produce really deep, dark blacks on paper without going over and over the area and damaging the paper surface. The answer is to shade the area twice then leave it until later in the day when it has dried out properly, and then shade it again. That way lovely deep black appear without damage occurring to the paper.