“'The turning point was when we took our first family holiday to Devon and Cornwall last May and he liked the boats and scenery. He asked for some plain paper and started drawing his own stuff.”
If you’ve ever been to Cornwall, you’d know there is a quality of light there that the rest of the British Isles does not get. If you have an impulse for representational art, Cornwall will strengthen it. There has been an “artists’ colony” at Mousehole for a very long time.
Even thinking about it makes my hand itch for my coloured pencils.
I’ve been out and about a lot in Cornwall during the last few weeks. The weather has been a right old mixture and, whilst I could complain about how hard it is to keep up my tan, we’ve had lovely light, lovely skies and green, green grass to set off the coastal flowers. It has had the very opposite effect on me to making me feel religious, I must say. I’ve been a bit lazy about getting my pics to Photobucket lately but as soon as I do I’ll post a few. You couldn’t fail to be inspired by the Cornish coast, north and south (except in fog and drizzle), and I’m not surprised that the young lad found inspiration here. He’s damn good, and I hope he really does do a Mozart and doesn’t burn out prematurely, as often happens with lionised child prodigies.
I lied, by the way. My tan’s not half bad as it happens…
Unlike clay or oil, water color is an unforgiving art form. Poems can be rewritten, clay reformed, oil painted over and over. Sculpture, engraving, and water color are a bit unforgiving, and involves thinking ahead. Hope he keeps it up.