Finished my drawing this morning and then went for a lunchtime walk on the beach. Actually not just for pleasure although I sat at low tide on the rocks and had my sandwiches with a view to die for! I actually wanted to collect some water for my painting from the waterfall so I can carry out my intention to use natural watercourses for all my paintings at Bucks Mills. Still not the nicest weather but had some long sunny spells and I made the most of them.

Arrived at the cabin on Monday 19th to start my two week residency feeling slightly demotivated at the wet and windy weather but unloaded my painting kit and took up temporary residence in this incredible time capsule. I was slightly nervous at first and almost scared to move in case I disturbed anything but soon felt at ease once I’d got used to the tiny interior of the cabin. Sadly due to the weather plein air painting was not on the cards so I took a photo of the village from the beach and got down to some drawing.