Set off quite early and visited Cherry Burton to post a parcel and to deliver my sketchbook book to Cherry Burton School to add to their school library. I hope the pupils like it and maybe be inspired to draw. After leaving Cherry I traveled without any plan, heading north towards the Wolds. I stopped at Wetwang where the warrior Queen's elaborate burial site was discovered. Driving to the north and looking over the rolling hills I could see a lighter, straw coloured band of grass which turned and disappeared. Later a local man told me how it was the old disused rail track and he remembered seeing trains pass when he was a boy at a nearby farm. There is a group of rail enthusiasts who are setting up a line from the Fimber roundabout, and I am now guessing and hoping that when the line is finished it will once again pass below. The sun was hot and I sat George in the shade with a wetted towel to help keep him cool. I stopped and walked over the road to talk to a couple in their mid eighties who were delightfully optimistic and encouraging. Poignantly however they had had issues with illness but nevertheless were making the best of life. I gave them one of my books of local sketches. The weather remained too hot and I decided to stop. So the picture you see here is not as 'finished' as I would like but am going to leave it as it is for now. The sky was very dramatic and lively, changing rapidly. I will return and paint this scene again in cooler weather which will reflect as well, the changes in colour as the crops develop and get harvested. As I drove off I glanced over and saw that both the people, John and his wife, had walked to the large front window and were smiling and waving me off. So, if you are reading this, I hope to call bye again soon.
Available from my online shop.
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My Yorkshire Sketchbook, limited edition with double page spreads which include notated sketches is now available from my online shop.A very short video of the book ca be seen below,
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