BELLA BEE

It's been pretty much wall to wall sunshine since March. Days spent outside under clear skies, strong shadows created by high sun. With...

There is a coastal path which winds up the hillside from Ilfracombe towards Hele Bay. It has two sections; one which goes up high, and...

Pastel and pen sketch. #HeleBay #Ilfracombe #sketch #drawing #rocks #Coast

A favourite method of painting is oil on paper and so there are a few oil paintings in a sketchbook which have been done in response to...

North Devon has a dramatic coastline. #HeleBay #ilfracombe #NorthDevon #sketch #pastel #seasketches

Beautiful sunny autumn is here in the south west of England. Leaves turning colour have the perfect backdrop of cloudless blue skies....

We're not quite there yet, that part of the year when the nights take over from day. We are instead at that calm moment when days are...

It wasn't too early and yet unusually I had the place to myself. Intending to make a few marks on paper, there was a sketchbook tucked...

Sketch with tape The land's contours show up more when lined by sprouting furrows, the long rectangles echoed in catkins opening to...

Tilly and I have started walking in a different area as the usual tracks have turned to mud in the February lanes. The ivy-strewn copse...

May the rest of the year be as sweet and crisp 😊 There's a battle going on between projects at the moment. It's a problem which occurs...

I've been told the residue marks left by the adhesive when the item to which it once stuck had gone is called a glyph. A search on...

The rocks at Hele Bay; they're either going to provide a source of inspiration or they will be driving me to distraction as I try to find...