A breath of fresh air - Weybourne (2)

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a lovely loose painting, i like the folk story and the figures :-) the word 'smugglers' always reminds me of Enid Blytons stories of the Famous Five :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Tue 02 Oct 10:05:50

another joyful painting....so much colour, so much life.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Tue 02 Oct 11:53:35

Rebecca and Sylvia , Thank you very much. I always remember the "lashings of lemonade" from the Enid Blyton story books and I'm glad that you both like this painting and find it joyful :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Tue 02 Oct 16:49:15

Fabulous sky, loose washes.....really like it Sarah.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 02 Oct 18:28:12

Lovely palette.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 03 Oct 08:58:55

A lively colourful painting Sarah and the info is interesting too.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 03 Oct 09:35:42

Fiona. Gudrun and Carole Thanks for your comments. I enjoyed painting this but think that I must not paint any more boats for a while and so looking around for something new :}

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Wed 03 Oct 18:41:48

Lovely, Sarah, and so much going on, I love the boat on the trailer, the lads with fishing rods, the sky, the shingle..............................

Posted by Jenny Johnstone on Wed 10 Oct 14:28:07

Glad you like it Jenny :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Wed 10 Oct 17:25:11

I really like it too!

Posted by Florence Wrigley on Tue 23 Oct 21:43:54

Thank you Florence, much appreciated :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Mon 29 Oct 19:37:57

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31/03/2015

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From sketches taken when the weather was warmer . Weybourne has alot of unusual equipment on the top of its steep shingle beach. Folklore has it that smugglers would be alerted to the customs or coastguards by watching the local mill sails. If they were moving around then the coast was clear and if they were stopped making a shape of a cross it meant that they could not land there .

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Sarah Bottjer

I live close to the North Norfolk coast and have painted in many mediums over the years, primarily in watercolours .

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