View across River Itchen with factories

View across River Itchen with factories - water colour sketch

This small 7" x 10" water colour sketch was done on a Friday afternoon during June. It was not a sunny day and some hint of rain was in the air. The painting shows a view from a boat yard/ marina in Northam, Southampton looking across the River Itchen to the other side. Here are a number of factories and industrial units in the Bitterne area of the city.

View across River Itchen to Bitterne factories, Southampton - watercolor sketch

Southampton City Wall - watercolour sketch

Southampton City Wall - watercolour sketch

This sketch was done on a sunny Sunday morning in early June and shows a part of the remains of the old stone walls that once surrounded the town of Southampton, and date from the 1300's. The road it is on, the Weston Esplanade, would not have been there originally and in fact the sea would have been licking against the wall, while ships would have unloaded valuable cargo. The water colour sketch is 10" x 7" approx and took about an hour.

Southampton medieval wall - water colour sketch