Making Hay - Tregoodwell by Pete Batho
2B pencil sketch. Been sketching in the garden this afternoon. I took this picture yesterday evening as the farmer was busy gathering in the silage and bailing it. Fascinating machine. Sketched with a 2B pencil on Snowdon cartridge paper. Not tried this paper with a wash, but it should be excellent as it's quite heavy for cartridge paper at 140lb. I fancy having a go at a watercolour of this on Thursday at art group.
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Pete Batho
Hi. My name's Pete. I'm a self-taught artist living and working in Cornwall UK. Originally from Staffordshire, I moved to Cornwall in 1997 with my job as a Telecoms Engineer. Now retired, I took up painting again after a long period of inactivity. I first laid brush to paper in the 70’s when I…
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