I managed to get a little more sketching in this evening. I just had to capture a nice bit of Cambridgeshire rural landscape and so I took a detour on the way home and sat by the side of a farm road and sketched the recently harvested fieds of gold and the farm buildings. I had to negotiate with the combine harvester driver on the way out of the lane and decided that I was starting to become an unwelcome guest. You know how farmers are - Get orrffff my land! Well I managed to get a nice sketch on one of the hottest days we've had so far so it was well worth the hassle :) I've also rescanned the previous pages in my sketchbook to show you another sketch of the lightning tree which I did yesterday plein air.
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| Farm buildings, Huntingdon, Watercolour Moleskine |
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| The crooked house, Ely / The lightning tree, Hartford, Watercolour Moleskine |
Nice sketches Michael. I especially like the panoramic view of the field and farm buildings.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your sketches, Michael! The first one is great! In your words: More please! ;-)
ReplyDeleteMichael the first watercolour is amazing!! I like your style on field!! Ciao
ReplyDeleteJust lovely and fresh, Michael.....
ReplyDeleteThis is really good work Michael and the panoramic farm buildings sketch is a gem.
ReplyDeleteKeith, thank you. That's my favourite too!
ReplyDeleteJudy, thank you. More to come - and I see they are from you too!
Mari - wow thank you! The field was gorgeous so I'm pleased I got that across.
Maggie - thank you. This is how I want my watercolours to look. I used my Schmincke set for this and avoided the opaques like my old favourite yellow ochre ;)
Roger - thank you. I like working in this wide format - landscapes come alive and you get such a greater feeling of space.
Lovely sketches, Michael!
ReplyDeleteWe must have a rare breed for a farmer then, he lets us use the path around his fields for dog walking or sketching.
Hi Pat and thank you! I didn't get told off but I didn't feel comfortable either - possibly more paranoia on my part due to childhood experiences of angry 12-bore wealding Cheshire farmers. At least it made me work quicker and looser lol ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Michael.
ReplyDeleteThese sketches are brilliant, I could almost say, especially the top one, Huntingdon, but I won`t because they are all lovely sketches. I have a Son living in Huntingdon. All the best my friend.
Vic.
These are really adorable sketches! I love that you have worked right across the two pages of the moleskine sketchbook. Fabulous! :0)
ReplyDeleteHi Vic and thank you. I'm going to be looking at everyone in Huntingdon now to see if I can see a family resemblance ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Sandra and thank you. I only tend to use both sides on my Moleskine sketchbooks because they cost so much ;)
these are excellent sketches micheal ..esp like ploughed field
ReplyDeleteThank you Jane, I just hope we get some more good weather so that I can do more plein air sketches :)
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