Tag: boat art

  • Nervous of watercolours…

    Nervous of watercolours…

    I was too nervous to just plunge in and try watercolours on my latest pen and ink drawing. So, wimp that I am, I scanned it, printed it out on ordinary computer paper, and used the watercolours on that. And… I’m surprised… in a good way, because it’s come out looking much better than I…

  • Decisions, decisions…

    Decisions, decisions…

    This is a new pen and ink sketch of the launches on Derwentwater, moored up at the Keswick jetties. I planned on doing a pen and watercolour wash type thing for this but am now wavering because a. I can’t decide whether to opt for naturalistic colours or something a bit more abstract and b.…