Corfe Castle Dorset.
Amazing what detail can be overlooked when in the proximity of dramatic scenery.
Corfe Castle Dorset – a doorway into history : Corfe Castle Dorset is as dramatic as it comes when enjoying pastoral English scenery, but tear your eyes away from the hilltop ruins and the village is totally loaded with enchanting, charming, wonderful little gems like this doorway.
A quick sketch on location and a rapid paint in watercolours captures some of the essence of this quiet corner of the country with it’s 1000 or so years of history.
Why venture far from home when such delights are on our doorstep?
Corfe Castle Dorset – a doorway into history
Corfe Castle
Art-Tales is a magazine blog site following the journeys and reflections through the art world of artist, sketcher, art historian and critic Al Beckett.
Merely to amuse, inform and entertain, Art-Tales is aimed at people who simply wish to dip a toe into the art world, share an insight, smile at a joke and maybe even be informed a little.
Al regularly visits the major galleries in the UK and whenever possible, mainland Europe and the USA. He keeps up to date by subscribing to many periodicals, viewing documentaries and the news in general.
Al paints and sculpts himself and frequently sketches in-situ. He has written a book ‘The Primacy of Your Eye’ designed to give people some insights to enhance their experiences in galleries. Fully illustrated with 400 sketches and drawings of major art works and their artists, the book takes the reader on a journey through topics to perhaps consider to enrich the viewing experience.
To many, the art world is daunting, to others it holds little interest. A gentle submersion at a depth to suit the individual can produce rich and rewarding results.
That’s the purpose of Art-Tales.