Massanès, near Beauville, France

A quick sketch of a wall on the gite where we were staying - Massanès, near Beauville - as I was drawing a lizard perched on the windowsill but decided being an artists muse was not for him/her (I've never sexed a lizard!). The lizard scampered across the wall to rest outside the parameters of the sketch!

Gite Nicole, Les Cabanes, Les Gunies - Near Moncléra, Lot, France

 

Spent a lovely couple of weeks in Lot and spent a week in a gite owned by a lovely couple, Justin and Caroline and their two children, Nicole and Sophie. Their dog, Pedro made great friends with our Labradors, Dozer and Ziggy. We spent the week watching the dogs run around playing in the sun and dipping in the lake by the edge of the forest. Well worth a visit!

Had a lovely stay back in May at a small house in Peyrilles, France called La Balme. As usual I carried the bad weather with me but still enjoyed the walks and the countryside and our hosts, Ian and May, were a delight.

My wife and Mother in Law cutting back rampant brambles in Norfolk on a very hot sunny Saturday.

 

Pigment liner and then imported into Procreate to add the sky colour. My back garden in The Old Village Hall, Great Sampford in the June sunshine.

My last sketch in Ojén, near Marbella, Spain. Sitting in the town square.

My last sketch whilst sitting in the small town square. I'd had a lovely week and the sun even came out and warmed me up!

View from the roof terrace at Callé Grand Armadillo, Ojén near Marbella, Spain

The view from our lovely little rooftop terrace during a week in Ojén, near Marbella, Spain. The house was called Callé Grand Armadillo.