Serendipity of Rain

I returned a few days ago from a painting holiday on Holy Island where I was with four other artists, under the sage and encouraging eye of Mick Kirkbride (NEAC).

I had never been to Holy Island and I hadn’t really strayed far from my home and the adjoining villages since lockdown, so my anticipation was high and nothing about the four days disappointed, even the daily rain. 

I did not paint, choosing to draw, instead, on sketchbooks and in my altered book sketchbooks, made specially for the visit. (More in a subsequent blog post). 

This drawing was looking out to sea with the rain coming at me. I only had pastels and they puddled on the page, but I got out a rag and moved the pigment around, trying to capture the milky light and the rough grass.  

Rain Near Priory

pastel on paper, 16 x 16 cm 2/9/2020