Painting and Sketching Village Churches|
Much of my painting
and sketching is done in the form of projects where I set myself
a series of objectives to achieve. However, on this project,
painting and sketching village churches, I went way past the
original remit, eventually taking two years to reach a conclusion. I had originally planned to paint and sketch village churches in Shropshire where I do much of my outdoor work but, having read about other interesting churches in the rest of England, I expanded my horizons to include some of these, eventually visiting over 100 village churches. I learned much of historical interest and found information about churches that were built many hundreds of years ago. I have kept a record of my visits but will conclude here with this short introduction. Should anyone require more information about any of the churches, please send me an email. Below is a selection of the churches I visited. I have not put them in any particular order: |
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Reputed to be the smallest church still in use in Britain (Acrylic) |
Oare, Somerset Reputed to be the church where Lorna Doone was shot on her wedding day in R.D.Blackmore's novel (Watercolour) |
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nr. Tewksbury Splendid Saxon church, a must for historians (Pastel sketch) |
An isolated church on the Lizard Peninsular (Oil Painting) |
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Scene of a wedding in The 'Darling Buds of May' television series (Watercolour sketch) |
Built with a mixture of serpentine stone and granite, it is the most southerly church in England (Oil Painting) |
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