Another painting in Bideford Black paint with some added sgraffito, picture size 610 x 440mm on Bockingford paper. This was painted after a visit to Crow Point in North Devon. After driving along a toll road you park and walk along this boardwalk to the point where you usually get the beach to yourself. This beach gives you wonderful views of Instow, Appledore and Westward Ho due to its position at the entrance to both Torridge and Taw Estuaries. Spend many happy times here building driftwood fires and watching the sunsets. Al
Another Biddieblack painting of one of the drains on Braunton Burrows. This was initially sketched at the junction where you turn left towards the toll road which leads to Crow Point. I quite like the sheep’s wool caught on the barbed wire to the left of the picture. Al
A picture taken last year on the small roads in North Devon. Loved this tree and the water highlighting the road ahead. I think perhaps the use of some more Bideford Black will be in order. Al
A quick study of the Tarka Trail near Chivenor in North Devon England. Painted using my own sourced and prepared Bideford Black pigment. Loved the dark shadow and highlighted cow parsley on the left of the trail. Still trying to free up my paintwork. Al
An odd thing happened with regard this painting. I saw it on an old friend’s website who teaches surfing in North Devon and liked it so much I asked if I could paint it. I asked if it was his photo he said it was and I completed this picture in my own Bideford Black Pigment. Later I had a message from the actual surf photographer who took the picture. He is a local surf photographer called Rob Tibbles (check out his pictures they’re awesome). A bit red faced I explained what happened and he was quite a chap about it. All the same I withdrew this picture from my site because I hadn’t asked the right person permission in the beginning. Rob liked the picture and said he didn’t mind if I kept it but for me that was not good. Hence this is no longer for sale just in a dusty drawer in my studio. The original photo was entitled Puff The Magic Dragon, hence the sky! By the way check out the original photo my picture certainly doesn’t do justice to it. AL
Painted using hand ground Bideford Black. Took this on my mobile on the way to the Reform Inn Pilton. Just the usual Friday night of real ale. (370mm x 390mm).
Al Brown Artist. 