Aldeburgh and the parcel pen

Aldeburgh lies on the great shingle beach of the coast of Suffolk. This is a great and mysterious place to walk and enjoy the North sea and the open skies. The weather can change rapidly and in this picture I have tried to capture the wildness of a March day when rain was threatening continuously, when the winds blew cold and bent plants growing among the shingle and blew us along towards Thorpeness.

Towards Aldeburgh
Watercolour and ink
285mm x 195mm
Mounted and framed £55

This is a view back towards Aldeburgh which I drew and painted shortly afterwards, mostly from memory. This is a watercolour with indian ink applied liberally with a lovely old parcel pen. It was used originally to write on parcels (obviously) with that pervasively odorous black ink rarely found nowadays. The pen is a blunt weapon which I felt perfect for the heavy skies and windy beach.

Audascript Parcels Pen
E Wolff & Sons Patent