Archive for January, 2010

Scorpion 50th anniversary

Monday, January 11th, 2010
The Scorpion class racing dinghy designed at St Mawes Cornwall by Taprel Dawling as a fairly high performance racing dinghy and excellent sea boat.
The Scorpion has over the past 50 years given huge pleasure, amusement and life changing experiences to thousands of people.
The Class is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this successful 14 foot  racing boat at Porthpean Sailing Club, 323 / 24 January.
If you are interested I suggest you contact Porthpean Sailing Club via their excellent web site. (more…)

Marine painting progress and a super yacht dilema

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Marine art has occupied much of my time over the past few days while I gradually develop a group of new marine paintings. I’ll tell more of the others over the next few days.

By biggest concern is for the Porto Fino super yacht scene which will show superyachts off Porto Fino at dusk.  Porto_Fino_2_IMG_6737_wp.jpgThe sketch here show the basic design.

It’s great to work on a delightful warm evening super yacht scene while outside we have – 4 C, steady snow falling and 2 inches ( 50 cms) of solid compacted ice on the hill into Itzac

Itzac_Noel_IMG_6614_d.jpgIs this an ideal world, what do you think? (more…)

Plymouth Cattewater and the first real working day of the new decade.

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The Christmas and New Year period is usually quiet on the email front so a good time to work on the marine painting, including the large  harbour scene 30″ x 48″, Cattewater, Samuel Plimsoll. Cattewater_IMG_6735_d.jpg

On the subject of which today started with a message from a fellow painter. (more…)

Happy New Year to you!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Paracetamol all round? It was blowing a gale with rain here this morning so here is a less sobering picture of Itzac taken yesterday.Itzac_31.12.09_IMG_6726_d.jpg

By the way have you spotted if you click on a photo here it shows larger? (more…)