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A day at Wells-Next-The-Sea with family crabbing.

Wells Day Trip 2 - Harbour Office

 

The harbour office from across the quay.

 

I'd forgotten how beautiful the paper is in a Venezia Sketchbook...I'd also forgotten how damn annoying it is to scan one of these books!

Wells Day Trip 1 - Crabbing

Brothers crabbing on the Quay at Wells-Next-The-Sea

WWM - Day 28 - Patchworx

 

Managed to find time for an addition to my PATCHWORX series today.

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Painted from a sketch I did on location  some time ago in my sketchbook.

#worldwatercolormonth

Wells Next The Sea - Quay

 

The second spread from a recent day trip with friends.

Wells Next The Sea - Crabbing

First of two double spreads from a recent day trip to Wells-Next-The-Sea with friends

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09-08-13, a photo by Anita Davies on Flickr.

A few quickies

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12-04-12a, a photo by Anita Davies on Flickr.

Crabbing on the quay...always a great day!

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20-06-11, a photo by Anita Davies on Flickr.

We spent Dads birthday relaxing on the Quay, which was unusually quiet and very peaceful. Harry caught over 90 crabs in just 2 hours!
Later friends joined at Dads for a drop of pink champagne...a drop because I drank most of the bottle which made my legs go slightly numb.
Great Day filled with fabulous memories and tender moments.

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Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal

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A young girl crabbing on the quay

Harrys Birthday

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Wells-Next-The-Sea on the Norfolk coast.
A quick sketch while we grabbed a prawn cocktail and a latte in the Seaview Restaurant on Harrys 13th Birthday.
My baby is a teenager!!!
Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal

Weekend In Wells-Next-The-Sea

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I purchased this cute little cup and saucer from the antique shop just around the corner from the cottage and just had to include it as my final sketch of the trip.

Weekend at Wells-Next-The-Sea

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There are two sheds at the bottom of the cottage garden at Wells. I sketched the other one here: www.flickr.com/photos/anitadavies/4873060987/
This shed was once the outside toilet and it sits beneath the invading branches of next doors' apple tree.

Weekend at Wells-Next-The-Sea

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This is the fireplace at the cottage, sketched before bed late Saturday night.

Weekend at Wells-Next-The-Sea

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Sandra prepared some of her homemade scones, for dessert Saturday evening, and served them with her homemade strawberry and rhubarb jam and whipped cream.
They were absolutely delicious!
Luckily she prepared more than enough which meant I could eat mine WHILE I sketched a couple of the spare ones.

Weekend in Wells-Next-The-Sea

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The carnival was on during our stay in Wells and on Saturday various stalls lined the square in the Buttlands. I popped out of the cottage, when the rain paused, to grab a very quick sketch of the pork pie stall. Since there was no where dry to sit, I leaned against the back of an ice-cream van.

Weekend in Wells-Next-The-Sea

A very quick sketch of the Quay, trying to get something down before the rain became too heavy, and a sketch from the corner of the cottage lounge.

Weekend in Wells-Next-The-Sea

Just returned back from my relaxing weekend trip to the cottage at Wells with Joannie and Sandra.
Sandra has been busy redecorating the cottage in soft blues and whites and it all feels very coastal.

I finally managed to sketch something! A few pages infact!

I thought I'd scan and upload one spread before going off to bed. This spread shows the newly decorated lounge and one of the sheds at the bottom of Sandras' beautiful garden. There is another shed, that was once an outside toilet, I sketched that too!

It is carnival week in Wells, so the place was alive with activity, the cottage walled garden was a lovely refuge.

More soon, hope you had a good weekend!

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7x9" pen and wash

Another sketch compilation for my upcoming exhibition