During the spate of good weather ( now long past) described in my previous post I started to build up a collection of sketches as I capitalised on the good light. Apart from visiting the beach, the subject of my last blog, I continued on my journey down the Rufford canal.
As the canal reaches its termination point at Tarleton, it gets close to the River Douglas, running parallel to it for a few miles, until the final lock gate, which then links into that river and from there you can put to sea or turn up the River Ribble ( into which the Douglas merges) and get onto the Lancaster Canal ( or so I am told).
So my title should really be Down the River and Canal. Above is a sketch of the canal as it approaches Tarelton and about thirty meters away, running parallel, is the Douglas.
Here is the River Douglas, above, looking somewhat like a canal, but when you get close you can see the water is running faster.
One result of the slow flow in the canal are water lillies. They frequently pop up on the canal and at this time of year the yellow flowers are abundant even if I failed to capture them too well in the above sketch.
With a few commissions on the go at present you may be seeing more of these sketches - during this latest rainy season.
Other canal and landscape paintings are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com
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