Porth Dinllaen by David Whitehead
Cottages, Porth Dinllaen. A quick watercolour sketch on cartridge paper. A simple and clumsy outdoor sketch with great sentimental value, I was reminded of this by my artist friend Andrew Pitt who sent me images he’d found of posters for Nefyn, where my wife and I have our holiday caravan. One of the posters was almost this same view. I did this sketch 18 months ago, sat on a rock while our elderly, arthritic Labrador enjoyed a lazy swim in the sea beside me. His last, as he died at home a week later.
About the Artist
David Whitehead
I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and, 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 brush to…
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