On the easel today

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, End of block, Fun, Hard work, Hokusai, Incentive to paint, New ideas, Sea theme, Seascape, Seaside, What next?, Works in progressLeave a comment

My artistic block seems to have ended with a sea theme now emerging.

These are works in progress. The latest is an homage to the famous japanese artist Hokusai. Based on one of his most famous works The Wave. Mount Fuji is sitting calmly, surrounded by a stormy sea. I’ve left the boats out as this is a small canvas and I’m struggling with the breaking wave. It is not going to be an accurate copy as I say. More a homage.

So why can I suddenly paint again? I think all the art work and drawing in doing might have helped. But I think it’s the thought of having a craft stall this Saturday that I’ve been invited to display my work at. I’m hoping things will be safe enough to do it. If not I will have some new art to display somewhere else.

Remembering

Posted on May 5, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Beech, Bovisand Bay, Devon, From life, Landscape, Painting, Plein air, Poem, Poetry, Sea, Seaside, SummerLeave a comment

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Bovisand Bay, painted from life several years ago. Acrylic on canvas. This is what I remember…

The beach at Bovisand.

Warm sand beneath my feet.

Gritty rock, specks sparkle in the sun.

Water laps my feet.

Feet sink into soft sand…

Cove enclosed by cliffs.

Blue sky and tiny clouds.

Close growing plants are sheltered.

Back of the bay, a valley nestles in the hills.

A golden grass snake basks in the heat.

I remember.

I remember the thunder storm.

Lightening strikes in dark night.

Watching flashes over the sea.

Awesome beauty.

Remembered.

A few more…

Posted on December 25, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chilly, Fun, Life, Poem, Poetry, Seaside, Walk, Warm, Weather, Wet2 Comments

With a cold sea breeze,

I started to freeze,

My feet getting wet,

A few dogs we met,

The waves were crashing

The sea was smashing,

Beach holiday?

Not today!

Back inside

By the fireside.

To get warm

Away from the storm.

Christmas walk

Posted on December 25, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Christmas walk, Dog walking, Fun, Sea, SeasideLeave a comment

I took lots of photos of our walk on the beach but the WiFi I’m using isn’t very good so here are just a few shots. Obviously the dog walkers like the beach. It was clean, with lots of sea shells and stones and we didn’t see any plastic there which was great.

A lot of sand had washed up onto the promenade. I asked a local and they said there have been some severe storms recently. Luckily today there were white horses on the sea (rolling white waves) but the tide was out.

Sea and sand

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Castle, Cliff, Glass, Longshore drift, Photo, Rick, Sand, Sea, Seashore, Seaside, Shells, Silica, WaterLeave a comment

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Build your castles on the sand and they might be washed away. Water creeps or washes in. It sinks down under the sand. The beach quakes. The rocks fall….

What is sand? Silica, ground up rock and shells. Sand can be melted into glass, a solid once liquid. Fused in heat either through vulcanism, lightening (did you know when lightening strikes damp sand it can melt a branching path through it, like plant roots?). Humans also build kilns and create glass to be blown or fused or slumped.

The sea washes or crashes in to a beach. Longshore drift pushes sand and rock sideways and along a coast. In a severe storm sand can be stripped off a beach completely, and yet it can equally be washed back again.

The world warms, water rises, sand washes away, cliffs crumble, castles crumble.

Life changes and evolves.

Prestatyn beach

Posted on October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Beach, Drawing in the sand, Merhorse, Prestatyn, Sea, Seafront, Seahorse, Seaside, WalesLeave a comment

Cold, wet and windy. But Prestatyn beach this morning was also clean and sandy. The rain showers blew over and although the sun didn’t shine it did try and break through the clouds.

The seahorse is something I drew on the spur of the moment. I usually try and draw a running horse, but this one wanted to be wrapped in mystery, my hubby called it a Merhorse.

Rocks and sand

Posted on September 3, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Bovisand, Cliffs, Devon, Painting, Rocks, Seaside, Summer4 Comments

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This is a painting on my sisters wall which I did a few years ago. I’ve put it up because I want to go back. But I don’t think I will this year as the summer is rapidly running out. Maybe I can sneak off for a few days but I’ve got lots of things coming up. Is October too late for a summer holiday? We will have to wait and see what the weather is like. I don’t want to be freezing in a caravan in a storm!

The place? Bovisand Bay, in Devon. Acrylic on canvas.

Seaside views

Posted on August 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beach, Fun, Humour, mud, Mudlarks, Sand, Sandals, Seaside, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

Mooching round Morecambe. The B&B we are at is very friendly and if anyone is disturbing the other guests it’s probably us. My hubby decided to explore the ‘sands’ on the beach tonight, but got stuck in the mud instead. He’s cleaned his sandals in the shower while I cleaned up all the mud he’d walked into the bedroom carpet! I dare not look outside at the stairs. For that reason I’m not naming the place here although I would call it excellent on trip advisor.

It’s been a long drive and a long day. So rather than doing my usual thing of blogging into the night I’m going to listen to the sound of the traffic driving past…. My hubby coughing because he’s got a bit of a chest infection and the noise of people going home late from the pub. Hope I sleep better than last night, it was 4.30am before I fell asleep….

Seaside

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Children's cries, Fun, Holiday, Life, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Seaside, Sunshine, WetLeave a comment

The cry of gulls

Smell of fish and chips.

Hotel guests slamming doors

Cars blocking roads

The memory of candy floss

Mint flavoured sticks of rock.

Crying and laughing children,

Sandy beaches and pebbles

Then a sudden squall

Rain bears down on us,

Winds blow strongly,

Retreat to the hotel,

Soaking clothes drip.

Ah, a proper seaside holiday.

Hotel View

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged British summer holiday, Hotel View, Life, Llandudno, Long drive, Seaside, WalesLeave a comment

Well it’s not a sea view although it is pleasant. I can’t see it because I’m having a lie down after a long drive. Hotel seems nice and friendly, we will see what its like for noise later on. That’s one thing that bothers me in hotels, noisy neighbours. I think people should respect each other. That’s why we usually choose caravans. I also bring coffee and sweetener with me in case there isn’t enough. And I hate uht milk….

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