Thames Barge 'Cygnet' at Snape Maltings (2016)Watercolour by Noel Sawyer

Snape Maltings is a 're-purposed' malting complex beside the River Alde in Suffolk and we visit a couple of times every year. The 'Cygnet' is a beautiful half-size Thames barge that is usually moored there. It sits fairly low in the water and is steered by a tiller. On the day we visited I stood on the bridge over the river and made this small sketch then added some detail later.

Materials used:

Windsor & Newton artist quality watercolours (Cobalt Blue, Light Red, Raw Siena, ) on Saunders Waterford 140lb paper.

Details:

• Watercolour on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 24 x 17 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 21 x 16cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky