Had a lovely surprise yesterday; a full Devon afternoon tea, complete with various scones, butter, clotted cream, strawberry jam, even tea, (I hasten to add that it was in the tea bag form) arrived by post. Totally unexpected, an included note explained, that the sender had purchased a print of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem from me, I am pleased to say that she liked, indeed, she liked it a lot, so much so, that she sent me a delicious afternoon tea; I hasten to add that it was shared with Liz. Now that was very nice. Thank you.

We should be in the Channel islands, particularly Guernsey at the moment, obviously we did not go; but then many of us are not to pleased with this little virus which is floating around, so lets put up with it and do a little virtual digital travel instead. How about Chapel bay in Cornwall. We visited this windy and rain sodden beach a number of years ago and despite the elements loved the place. Nice memories, hope you like the picture.




The pen was not water proof, so the sketch was done quickly behind a sand dune, with me leaning over it to keep the rain away. It was finished in the comfort of the hotel later. Lovely memory.

The paper sculpture of the boat which I mentioned some time ago is finished, now it is slowly drying out and then it will be framed. It has to be completely dry, because you do not want to seal it framed with moisture in it; that would not be a good idea.

Whilst walking with Liz the other day we came across a massive old oak tree; which is the subject of my ink work at present. The drawing is A3 and deliberately being drawn with small, very faint ink marks and lines,  which are slowly built up to develop the contrasts slowly. Hope it works!!!

See you all soon.