In a previous post I talked about my recent eye surgery however I am delighted to report that I am sketching again!
A few weeks ago it was a gloriously sunny day, Mark had made pasties so we packed them up and headed up to West Pentire. The view from the car park was just stunning – gosh I do love Cornwall.
I decided to have a go at a quick sketch looking across to Pentire Headland. The tide was coming in and there were great surfing conditions. I did struggle a bit using my one good eye, which made it quite hard to work out the exactly how far away the paper was! We also had a walk around where I was able to get some good reference photos for future sketches.
Looking towards Crantock beach
As the car park was rather expensive, we only stayed for an hour and drove up to Pentire Headland. Thanks to Cornwall Council offering free car parking during the winter in some places, we could stay as long as we liked.
The tide had been coming in fast and looking across to Crantock beach, the sand was almost covered.
I didn’t think I did too bad a job until I realised I forgot to paint the sky!
Not sure how the sketching went, painting with one eye is not easy but I did enjoy our beautiful scenery.
Sketching at home
Back at home I decided more practice needed and as I had been asked if I had any small paintings of the Newquay area, so I some more sketching from my ol photos.
I started with my little sketches of Holywell Bay, Newquay Harbour and the views across Fistral Bay.
This was very successful annd I am pleased with the results. Even better I turned 5 of them into cards and 3 were sold within a few days! I definitely will be sketching more locations around Newquay.
Chapel Porth
I know feel inspired to get sketching again and Chapel Porth is next on the list! This and I love this scene.
I have lots more ideas for future cards, mainly painting scenes like Chapel Porth above that are always popular. Also on my list are Kynance Cove, St Michaels Mount, as well as different locations like Porthgwarra, Housel Bay, Lands End … to mention but a few!