St. Ives, Cornwall Gifts Unfortunately I didn't have a

Unfortunately I didn't have a sketch pad with me but I did have a camera

Unfortunately to a degree this facility is lost a little when the image is put into print

with its 21" torpedo to finish the job off

is tonal values

hanging mists over the hills and of course the total peace and tranquillity

St. Ives, Cornwall Gifts Unfortunately I didn't have athink it may be difficult to imagine that when the initial studies for this image were complete, there were in fact no boats in the view. I took advantage of making separate studies of the boats that I wanted in the painting, this gave me full control of the final image. How often have I said to myself "If only the boats were in slightly different positions". This is artistic licence at its best. One is able to contrive the ideal composition yet it