Thames Barge Melissa at a new berth.

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It's certainly one of my favourite locations also David, anyway, well drawn and good to get out sketching on the spot.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Tue 31 Oct 11:46:43

nice sketch David.

Posted by David Johns on Tue 31 Oct 12:24:43

I agree, super sketch, love the intense black you have got here, is it Indian ink?

Posted by Stephen Slater on Tue 31 Oct 13:55:08

Good sketch.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 31 Oct 15:38:42

This is a great sketch David.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Tue 31 Oct 15:58:34

Thank you all for your appreciation. No, Stephen, it's not Indian Ink. I like drawing in the studio with Indian ink and a sharpened matchstick but it's too dodgy to use those quickly, outdoors. I use Unipin fibre pens, sizes 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 & 0.8mm. The deepest darks are the 0.8, and the lightest marks, such as my shorthand for distant trees. are the 0.1. I would recommend Pin Mill to anyone interested in estuaries and old characterful boats. Every visit is different, the state of the tide, the boats moored up, and the weather. Even if it's raining you can sketch from the rear bay window of the Butt & Oyster pub just to the right of this view.

Posted by David Whitehead on Wed 01 Nov 09:49:02

Hang on Studio Wall

31/10/2017

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On a recent visit to Pin Mill, my favourite Suffolk location, I noticed the Thames Barge Melissa had moved to a different berth. I took the opportunity to do a pen sketch and take several photos, and it was just as well, when we returned later in the week, she had returned to her normal berth.

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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