Under the tree by the sea

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.

In today’s episode I made my way to popular beach and beauty spot Kennack Sands on the Lizard Peninsula. This well known area has two beaches, one is closer to the cafes and parking and then the second is just a little further away over the small hill. I headed over to this one and found it to be quite empty bar a couple of dog walkers.

I spotted a small pine tree up on the horizon by the ferns and just below it was a rudimentary little bench with an inscription hand written on the plaque ‘In memory of Pisky and Peggy’.

I decided this would be the perfect place to sit and sketch the view. In complete contrast to my last episode I was able to enjoy sketching in my t-shirt and shorts as the weather was so mild- a lovely unexpected treat for September.

Devil’s bit Scabious or Devil’s buttons

I started off with a loose sketch of the tree with my brush pen marker and then worked in layers with gouache and watercolour interchanging with neocolor II crayons and derwent inktense. I decided to try to keep to a rough time limit of 30 mins and find this keeps me moving loose in my Ranger Dylusions sketchbook.

If you’d like to view me drawing this in real-time you can as I was able to film it at the same time. You can view the video on my Youtube Channel below.

Thanks for listening in and I hope you enjoy the sound of the sea, I found it quite hypnotic and could easily have drifted off if it wasn’t for the sketching!

My tins of Neocolors

Butcher’s Broom