

Sketching in Harpenden
A pleasant hour and twenty minutes worth of skecthing this in Harpenden today. I haven’t yet produced many what I would call ‘proper’...
Matthew Slater
May 7, 2022


Alder Carr
I am siting on a fallen tree in a small area of alder carr near Hitchin. I have cycled passed it many times but never stopped to look at...
Matthew Slater
May 1, 2022


St George’s Festival at Wrest Park
Two sketches from today - both completed in situ with no extra work afterwards: The first, a group of six characters outside a tent, took...
Matthew Slater
Apr 23, 2022


Walk around Black Hill and Rock of Woolbury, Clun
9.30am, 6 April I walk up the sunken trackway from Clunton to the wooden gate. The catch clunks loudly as I open it and enter the woods....
Matthew Slater
Apr 18, 2022
Late Evening, Clunton
Clunton, Shropshire, 4 April, 9.15pm The spring wind is cool, ering on the side of cold. Clouds still reflect the distant flow of western...
Matthew Slater
Apr 18, 2022


Sowdley Wood and Black Hill, Clun
Sowdley Wood, Clunton, Shropshire, 2 April, 11am Entering the wood at the top of the sunken track, edged by arching hazel and steep banks...
Matthew Slater
Apr 18, 2022