This page contains sketches direct from the artists sketch book showing new ideas for work. This is a response to people visiting the site and asking about working methods. I always go out with a sketch book and take along paints and pastels from which to work. Because I am out riding my bike most of the time, I do not carry large sketch books or loads of materials and sometimes have to use puddles for water. Some times I have framed up the sketch as they have worked better then any paintings that I produce from the sketch.
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At the moment I have been working from the coast-line of Cleveland, near Saltburn. This is just one of many sketches using pastels done on the spot. 30cms x 20cms. Pastels on white paper.20cms x 14cms. Summer of this year saw a return camping trip to Penrith in the Lake District where a number of sketches were done in pencil of Snap Abbey and the lake side of Ulswater on a very hot day.