I found a bench directly opposite its location in the harbour and nervously set up my pad and tin of pencils. There were passersby and twice folk stopped to watch me, but that wasn't so uncomfortable to endure.
What I had in mind was a restful hour or so absorbed in sketching and colouring this boat. What I got was an hour of disturbingly high traffic noise, dirt and exhaust fumes, rowdy & rude groups of youths shouting at me as they passed and the stomach-turning smell of stale poached eggs. I gave up when my pulse-rate distracted me the most. What I have drawn isn't worth sharing :(
I took a leisurely route home and remembered another view I have driven past many times and wanted to sketch - a narrow row of shops and a café in Whiteladies Road, shortly after the BBC buildings.
This venture was a lot more rewarding. I found a low wall outside an estate agents that I could sit on, under the shade of a tree, which came in handy as spots of rain arrived towards the end of my sketching time. I used the watercolour pencils to add colour and am happy with the result :)
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