Charlie Collins

An evening sketching on Dartmoor

Enjoying the 🎨☀️

Recent sketches 🎨

A couple of sketches complete before the thunderstorms rolled in ☀️⛈️🌤️

Plein air sketching in the evening sunlight on

Enjoying the early morning sun ☀️ and sketching in the dappled light of my decking, bathed in sunshine 🫶

Had a walk, before the rain threatened and been sketching again 🎨🫶🙏

One more sketch from this morning 🎨🫶🙏

I often hear people say they cannot 🫣 , sorry 🙏 Here is something anyone can do using pencils, pens, crayons, pastels .... List is endless as your imagination 🧞

All I have done here is trace the shadows the dappled light cast over my sketchbook and started shading it in; at some stage the piece takes over for me and then it is just about the sheer joy of creation 🧘🙏🫶☀️

Bluebells on Dartmoor: an annual prilgrimage to Howell Lawns and Emsworthy Mire 🌱🫶☀️🙏

Old sketchbook from last year, when I visited for the first time ❤️

Painting on the board 🎨

View of Millbrook from Whitsand Fort, early morning 35 x 25 mm

One of my in it's new home 🎨

Updated photos of paintings from last week 🎨

One for the weekend, of from on the

Many years ago I painted a feild of wheat, with wild poppies scattered across it's entire expansd. This is a sight we saw on the farm in Norfolk every year, during August. The original oil painting was purchased by one of my cousins, but was lost in life's journey; so I dedicate this to Sarah, to replace the original, with all my love ❤️

67 x 24 cm

Sometimes the only constant is my painting, little else makes sense these days 🎨

View of Whitsand Bay and Rame Head from the Military Road 32 x 22 cm

Do you know, how some days, you look at the clock and think - how on earth is it that time of day already - well I've had that kind of day, for some reason 🫣 but finally took some imagines of some of the I did last night, which I do enjoy; I mixed it up with for the quick poses and then a for the last long pose.

Looking forward to this evening and recieved this photo of last weeks session from tbe organiser (and one of the models); I have my back to the camera focusing on drawing 🤣🎨🫶✏️

Another afternoon up on the moors painting 🎨 and took a walk up to Bone Hill and then back to the village

Marvellous session this evening 🫶 and includes poses of 30, 180, 300, 600, 1800 seconds and the last two are 20 minutes (which AI have to admit to enjoying more). Life drawing is like an an hour, a discipline one must do to feel complete 🤷🫶🎨

Spent the day painting within a small area that I know well, as used to take a Ralphie walking here; it was just so nice to spend a few hours surrounded by nature 🌱 🎨🙏😊