A few weeks ago we had glorious weather here in Cornwall, so I went off to one of my favourite places – Godrevy. This area is so lovely looking at Gwithian, from Godrevy. So i had to sit down with my paints and do a few quick sketches. What do you think?
The image above was painted from the car park, where I did take a few liberties and not include the cars! The tide was coming in and was covering Gwithian beach, but the surf was great, although not being a weekend there were not a lot of surfers about.
For this one I went “walkabout” and went closer to the cliffs, there is a lovely spot where the grass is kept short, so I found a decent size rock and sat down with my paints.
I expect a lot of people have painted the Longships at Land’s End and I am no exception, but some results are better than others!
Here is Longships Rocks at Sunset, painted a few years ago now, quite a simple style, as it is a small painting. I originally painted it to go in my daughters dining room, as it was very red, only she moved house before I had time to give it to her!
There here is one of Longships Lighthouse and rocks that I painted from the rocks near Cape Cornwall, it was quite a way in the distance and was a quick sketch, it wasn’t an easy spot!
This is a quick sketch that I did from a photograph, painted in my studio and I turned into a greeting card.
Lastly, this one was painted just last weekend. We had glorious weather in Cornwall so we walked from Sennen to Land’s End, and this time I was sat on one of the benches overlooking Longships.
We have just enjoyed a superb holiday in an area of Cornwall – the Rame Peninsula. The Rame Peninsula is sometimes called “The Forgotten part of Cornwall’. I have certainly not forgotten in and here are my sketches from Whitsand Bay.
Tregonhawke Cliff
We stayed in a tiny chalet on Tregonhawke Cliff. Wow what a view! We arrived on a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon. It was a trek from the car park to the Chalet – and with no shops or anywhere to eat in the evening, nearby – we had a lot of stuff! However the view made it all worthwhile as could look from Looe right around Whitsand Bay to Rame Head.
Sadly Saturday turned out to be rather cloudy. The rest of the week turned out to be very wet but that didn’t bother us as we had a first class view from our Chalet, called Seagull’s Nest. The chalet was equipped with so much stuff, including picnic bags and blankets, china tea service and a choice of coffee pots! The view around Whitsand Bay could be seen from the main bedroom, as well as the lounge/dining room area.
We did venture down the path to the beach at Tregonhawke, the walk is not for the faint hearted – it was very tricky in places and even harder to climb back up. A lively beach with lots of activities for the children.
St Germans
Tuesday morning turned out sunny so we ventured out in the car to explore. First stop was St Germans. If you have ever travelled to Plymouth St Germans has the most amazing viaduct and you can look down at this little village. It has been on my list of places to visit for a very long time and I wasn’t disappointed. I even had time to sketch and capture the scene.
Portwrinkle
After St Germans we were lucky enough to find a parking spot at Porthwrinkle so we could explore here. The Harbour was very nice but the sun was still shining and it was lovely to sit and sketch the scene.
Mount Edgcumbe Park
Thursday was another sunny morning, so this time we decided to get the local bus and visit Cremyll. Going via Kingsand, Cawsand and Millbrook, included a lot of windy, narrow roads but we were able to sit and enjoy the views. We had a good walk around Mount Edgcumbe before stopping for lunch at The Edgcumbe Arms, where I got my paints out to sketch the Royal William Yard across the water at Plymouth.
A lovely enjoyable holiday and I hope you enjoyed my sketches from Whitsand Bay. It was so peaceful and I can highly recommend it to anyone looking for peace and quiet in a stunning location.
The weather hasn’t been brilliant lately however on a glorious sunny day we decided to make the most of sunshine and go to the Roseland Peninsula, where I did some painting at Portscatho.
I had never visited Portscatho and it is a beautiful, quiet, little fishing village, where people where swimming, fishing and out on their boats. It was glorious.
We walked along the coastal footpath and found a lovely spot to sit and eat our pasty’s and of course my paints had to come out!
Going back via Portscatho, we then headed onto Porthcurnick beach, which was jam packed with families making the most of the sunshine. We didn’t venture onto the beach itself but I did do this little sketch.
One happy holiday memory was when we visited the Salzkammergut area of Austria, staying in the peaceful lakeside resort of Fuschl. It was idyllic and despite going up and down mountains; crossing lakes; jumping on and off local buses I did manage to pause long enough to get my sketch pad out. Here we are.
Fuschl is about 12 miles from Salzburg, set on a beautifully peaceful lake, that has the most amazing sunsets, lakeside promenade and a Castle. Being on the local bus route we were able to go out and visit lots of places. It
One of our trips included visiting Hallstatt, although this did include a long bus ride, then we hopped on to a train and finally a boat across the lake, but it is stunning and well worth it. This tiny village has alpine houses crammed into every available piece of land, surrounded by mountains, my sketches really don’t do it justice!
Another trip was to nearby St Gilgen, and riding the Zwolferhorn cablecar to give you a breathtaking view of the Wolfgangsee region.
We were mainly lucky with the weather but the weather broke near the end, however as our room had a covered balcony I tried to capture the rainy, misty mountains that surrouded Fuschl.
I also really enjoyed using my lovely new painting moleskin sketchbook that I got given for Christmas, paper quality does make such a difference.
I haven’t been to Gunwalloe Cove for a little while. It used to be a favourite spot when my children were little and I thought it was high time I re-visited it!
The day was sunny and plenty of people were on the beach, so just perfect for me to sit at the top of the cliff and do a quick sketch. Mind it wasn’t easy sitting amongst the long grass, lucky there weren’t any adders around! My ideal way to spend an afternoon!
Gunwalloe Beach is a popular spot for families, with its gently sloping beach sheltered by the nearby cliffs. Gunwalloe Church is also “the Church on the beach”, although now sheltered from the elements with various trees and bushes, which was also used in the recent Poldark series.
The cliff path takes you over to Poldhu Cove, and that is well worth the walk and one I do quite frequently. Gunwalloe Cove has a National Trust car park, as well as toilets and a cafe, so it is a good starting point.
Last Saturday the weather was glorious in Cornwall, so off we set with freshly made pasties looking for a stunning location to eat them, and we found West Pentire.
We headed off towards Cubert, branched off towards Crantock and drove up towards West Pentire. With our National Trust membership we were able to park for free and it had the most amazing view across to Pentire Headland.
Once my scummy home-made pasty was eaten out came the paints!
A lovely spot, and with the Bowgie offering tables outside that will be a nice spot to sit and have a drink or lunch.
Another sketch
We love the spot so much I have visited again and of course did another sketch! It was low tide again, so does look quite similar to my first sketch.
We have had some glorious sunny days here in Cornwall, so last week I headed down to do some painting at Lamorna Cove.
I haven’t been down to Lamorna Cove for a few years so I was quite surprised to see the destruction of the little harbour wall, obviously caused by the storms last winter. This became the inspiration for my painting.
I climbed up over the rocks to look back at the broken harbour wall and the two cottages. It was not an easy spot to paint, but I did manage it. You can’t miss me I was wearing my bright pink Fleece!
Lamorna Cove is not easy to reach, although on the map it looks close to Mousehole, but you have to navigate windy roads.
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