Sketch book

Recently I have been trying to get to grips with photoshop with a view to developing a range of interiors fabrics based on the endangered/nature theme . I drew this one on a sunny october sunday when I had been in the house all day cleaning therefore such a relief to get outside. I walked down to the estuary past Mawnan Church and sat on the beach where there were these daisies growing out of the side of the wall. Also a gull was feeding in the shallows and I spent time just trying to capture the essence of both subjects . I must have been sitting so stil that a cricket came and sat on the rock next to me . On the hillside opposite were a group of those beautiful pine trees peculiar to the Cornish coast and as the sun started to set they were outlined against the sky line . so had to be included. On the way home almost dark there was a full moon
that shone a path across the water , One of thos magical times that is what I love about being out in nature you naver know what you are going to see but invariably something magical happens.
The image on the left is the beginnings of a fabric design.