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Sketching the View
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Sketching the View

Explore and Draw Podcast Ep.7

Dear Listener,

Welcome to another episode of Explore and Draw.

In each episode I’ll take you with me on a walk, observing and commenting on the landscape around me. I’ll find a place to draw and then share the finished sketch with you below.

The path down to the sea

In today’s episode you’ll join me at Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsula. A cloudy, overcast day with a bit of breeze. I’ve had to zip up my jacket and hood to keep the wind out. I’m using the prompt ‘view’ which is the last of my Summer season prompts. It definitely feels more autumnal on my walk today.

I’ve used my usual mix of mediums (see photo) along with my relatively new gouache tin which has ready mixed dried paint ready to go. I also pre-painted the pages with a quick glaze of light grey ink and I’m back in my Ranger Dylusions sketchbook.

It was a complex subject today with a mix of rocky shorelines, islands, stacks, buildings, grass and paths and definitely required some concentration. Still really fun to incorporate a range of textures and details. You get to hear the Choughs that are playing in the area, snippets of conversation and even a tune from me!

Thanks for listening in and I hope you enjoy the sights and sounds.

Asparagus Island with family photos being taken
Kynance Cafe and cottages - you can stay there for a week
Old cottages look like a toy building
Close-up in the sketchbook
Using a double page spread for this one!
Little boat on the horizon
Painted background
National Trust way-marker
My sketching materials include gouche, neocolor II, watercolour, inktense and luminance pencils

Discussion about this podcast

Seasalt and Serpentine
Explore and Draw
Audio dispatches from the Lizard Peninsula.
In each episode I invite you to join me on a sketch walk, I describe the landscape and capture the sounds before I find a place to sketch.