We weren’t able to sail very much this year. When we could, the winds blew and forced us to seek shelter among the islands in the archipelago. I’m not complaining. It was a lovely summer. These watercolours were painted over a period of 3 days while we sheltered in a bay amongst the Lådna islands. We were very protected from the winds and so we just relaxed and enjoyed our stay there.
The watercolours are 18 x 13 cm in size.
The weather is totally amazing here in Sweden at the moment. The month of May must have been the sunniest on record. The farmers aren’t happy as it hasn’t rained for ages but city folk like me are ignorant of agricultural needs. Still, I do worry about climate change and what will happen to the planet if we don’t change our ways.
Anyway, I went sailing last weekend. I sailed by myself for the first time on the new boat, “Aquarelle” and it went well, one is always a bit nervous when it’s a first. It was a working weekend, I installed Lazy Jacks, changed the reefing ropes and added an extra solar panel. I did find time to do a few sketches. My personal challenge was to make interesting compositions out of what I could see from the cockpit of the boat. I was happy enough with these two. Tomorrow, we go out sailing again, I am so looking forward to it. Maybe I’ll have a few new sketches to show next week.