Today (April 26th) started wet and miserable; by mid afternoon the sky had cleared and the sun was steadily strengthening. Having done two hours of pressure washing, I thought I deserved a break and headed for Marloes Sands. With the tide well in, I climbed over the brow and took the zigzag path down to the beach at Matthew Slade.
I expected the sea to be too rough for going in, but two intrepid young ladies went and played at the surf’s edge, happily letting the stronger waves crash onto them.
I started my sketch of Milly and Ella using sepia Conte and then added pencil and coloured pencil – not a usual technique for me, but I thought I’d have a go.
To help judge the effectiveness of this approach, I have included a monochrome rendering of the colour scan, to give an idea of how the sketch might have turned out had I kept to just pencil.
Following my subjects’ example, I then had a quick session in the sea – like swimming in a washing machine, most exhilarating!
