Completed painting of Sandend Harbour Cottages

5 x 11 in watercolour on Bockingford not paper. I'm pleased with the rock which where done initially with cling film pulled taut dropping to the right on a wet wash and detail added by positive and negative shapes when dry with a little credit card scrapping at the base. Only figures to add to the beach to complete.

Pencil Drawing of St Ives Cornwall

Drawn  from the computer screen in hardback book 48 page 17.

Chester-le-Street Art Society January project- Sandend Fishing Village

Watercolour by Beth Wyer

Work in progress Eddie Turns

Watercolour by Olive Norwood

Pen and wash by Angela Harper

Pen and wash by Vivienne Dalglish 

The winner of the President Trophy is Beryl Ringland's pen and wash as chosen by our newest member Carol Broadhead

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Called into The Biscuit Factory art gallery on Saturday, after picking up my painting from the Coquetdale Gallery in Northumberland , and saw the paintings by Chris Forsey in the Cube gallery - excellent . Here is some of his work.

Biscuit Factory Cube Gallery 

River Aln

Alnmouth Boats in the gallery

Sketch of Port Isaac

Painting from sketch

Started new painting in watercolour of the of the cottages at Sandend as viewed from the sea.

Sketch on 200 lb Bockingford not paper and initial wash added.

Added background grass banks wet into wet and detail done when dry.

Foreground rocks to be added tonight.

Sandend continued

Completed the first watercolour 1/4 imperial Bockingford not paper.

Subject for Chester-Le-Street workshop starting 8 Jan 2014 is Sandend on the Moray Firth in Scotland. A quaint fishing village with gable ends facing the sea, washing hanging out on the harbour and old smoke houses.

Sketches done over Xmas

Acrylic painting on 20 x 16 stretched canvas - drawing in pencil then soluble ink.

First wash softened the ink mark so had to be painted downwards so no ink went into the sky.

More photographs

This shows the design on the cottages with smaller granite pieces placed between the larger granite sets and the plaster highlighted. This called 'Cherry Cocking' and can be found all along the Moray coast.