Pen and Watercolour sketch of Minster Abbey in Thanet

This sketch of Minster Abbey that I drew today had some snags due to the weather, I think it would have been easier to define the shapes of the ruined end in bright sunlight. I think it is this ruined bit that dates from about 1,000 years ago and was once a lighthouse, when Minster was on the coast of the Wanstsum Channel, which made Thanet a true island.    

As you see the basic principle is the sketch in the defined parts of the building, scribble on the rest of it and honest the roof was red before the rain shower, which curtailed my sketching. Thanks to my wife who held up the umbrella while I finished applying the watercolour.   

Sorry I missed Ramsgate Carnival, other commitments, so no pictures this year

A Watercolour Sketch of Minster Abbey in Thanet

This Watercolour Sketch of Minster Abbey took me about an hour and a half today, while my children did something unsecular in St Mildred’s Priory.

Here are the rest of the photos, from memory I believe it is one the oldest inhabited buildings, about a thousand years, not the chapel though which is more modern.