Here is a handy map to see where I have been recently with my sketchbook.You can click on the blue flags to see my pictures and write-ups.
View The Art of England in a larger map
The Art of England: Paintings of England: Buy original drawings and hand signed prints.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Tollesbury drawings
Visiting Tollesbury and ambling through the apparent disorder of moorings and boats in the sunshine is a pure joy.
There is the bright red Lightship (Trinity) which seems to be on the horizon wherever your vantage point.
There's also the old weather-beaten sheds placed here and there and the Marina full of boats and their rigging tapping in the wind. A must visit as the stroll to the lightship is most pleasant across Woodrolfe Creek and the marshes.
There is the bright red Lightship (Trinity) which seems to be on the horizon wherever your vantage point.
There's also the old weather-beaten sheds placed here and there and the Marina full of boats and their rigging tapping in the wind. A must visit as the stroll to the lightship is most pleasant across Woodrolfe Creek and the marshes.
 |
| Tollesbury boat shed drawing |
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Burnham Overy Windmill Commission
I completed this commission for a family who were to stay to celebrate a family member's birthday at the Windmill. What a lovely holiday and setting!
Print of Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill, Essex
Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2013
 |
| Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill Colour Print |
Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2013
See where else I have sketched The Art of England in Google maps!
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Drawing of Cressing Temple Barns
Cressing Temple
The two 13th Century barns at Cressing Temple, Essex were host to an Antiques and Collectors fair last weekend and I took the opportunity to visit and look at all the curios and antiques on offer. The barns are truly magnificent and a worthy setting for this type of event.My pen, wash and pencil drawing takes in the two barns, fresh in spring sunshine and perhaps the first decent bathing of sunshine for a good few months. The scale is impressive - note the people I have penned in in my painting. Barley Barn (c.1205) is to the left of the illustration and the Wheat Barn is to the right (c.1257).
The Tudor walled garden is next on my list of Essex jewels that deserve some time spent in them with sketchpad. Watch this space and do get down there for yourselves. The site has been here since 1137 so why wait any longer? The Barns are located Witham and Braintree.
 |
| Drawing of Cressing Temple Barns |
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Drawing of St Giles, Langford, Essex
 |
| St Giles Church Langford Essex |
St Giles Church in Langford
The subject for my drawing is the beautiful St. Giles Church in the village of Langford, near Maldon in Essex. I have the double-pleasure of not only being introduced to it for the first time and capturing its beauty, but next year I am honoured to be a best man to a close friend within its 11-12th Century walls. I am really looking forward to the build up to the day.My late afternoon illustration captures the low sun's light cutting across the grounds, with the mature trees casting their long finger-like shadows across the roads that pass two sides of the Church.
The church is believed to be Early Norman construction, and roman artifacts have been discovered on the site too.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)