Well for a few blog entries we will be back in Cornwall and Devon. This one is at Beer, just along the coast east of Sidmouth. A small deep inlet. shingle beach, cafe, pub art gallery and a few houses; we love the place. Sadly on this visit it was noticed that there were a few less working boats, the fishing industry is very obviously in decline.

But the method used, it is a very quick way of painting.which is also highly effective. A few splashes of colour in the center, let it dry for a few moments then draw it, in my case using a pen, but you could use a pencil. the advantage of pencil is that you can begin drawing while it is still wet. With the drawing go outside the colored area of the picture; it works. If everything had been painted carefully it would have taken hours; the above took about forty minuets or so.

Just to the right of this picture were a couple of young love birds, they didn't move an inch apart the whole time I was there. I couldn't resist a literal five minuet sketch of them. See you soon.