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Waves at Porth Nanven, 30th September 2020, 4.00pm

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Plein air, oil on board apprx. 24 x 15cm

An afternoon of high winds, broken cloud and sunny spells following heavy rainfall overnight and this morning. The ocean is becoming more interesting to paint again as some decent waves come into shore, an indication of incoming rough weather as a cycle of slow moving depressions sets up to pass over the country during the next three or four days. Quite a few trees have already lost most of their leaves. It’s not uncommon here for the first gales of autumn to strip the rest bare before the warm yellows and golds of the season have had a real chance to appear.

Glitter path at the Cape, 17th September 2020, 4.00pm

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Plein air, oil on board apprx. 20x15cm

After a relatively cloudy start the skies cleared and the coast enjoyed a warm and sunny early autumn day.  By the afternoon the strong, blustery wind presented quite an obstacle when executing this sketch.  The Sun’s glitter path on the ocean is much more apparent than during the summer months when the Sun is higher in the sky, as, now tracking southwards along the horizon, it decreases in elevation with each passing day.  As autumn gives way to winter the glitter path will become ever more narrow until the winter solstice, after which the process will play in reverse heralding the return of spring and summer.

Nine Maidens pond at dusk, 10th September 2020, 7.15pm

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Plein air, oil on board apprx. 24 x 15cm

Sketch of sky colours and reflections in the pond at Nine Maidens common. I tried to get as much information down as quickly as possible in this abbreviated sketch before the light went. I may return again when the conditions are right to try and address some aspects of the scene that I didn’t understand this time around.