Drawing in the landscape is an essential part of my practice
Working in pastels gives an instant, ready mixed colour palette, so my focus outside is given over to the landscape
Summer Grasses
A series of large drawings in soft pastel and coloured pencil on fine art paper. These drawings were made back in the studio after sketching en plein air in the wild grasses that hug the dunes at the Barmouth Beach, near Castlerock.
PINK GRASSES, DUSK
This drawing is framed in a contemporary white washed wood frame using a high quality non-reflective art glass.
Drawn in soft pastel and coloured pencil on imperial size fine art paper (ht 56cm x w 76cm (22 x30 inches). Frame size: w 70cm by ht 90cm, depth 3cm. £750
Shoreline grasses
it’s rare to sketch outside without having wind and rain in the mix, but this was one of those summer days where there was a sense of stillness on the water. pastel en plein air drawing, Barmouth beach, castlerock