In June I travelled with the London Plein Air Group to the Isle of Wight for a week of painting the glorious views on the Island. The weather was kind for us and only became tricky with high winds on the final day. Our painting locations were very kindly organised by the Isle of Wight Art Club, organised by Carol Owen MBE.

We started, straight from the Ferry, at St Helens, Duver near Bembridge. I found a dune to protected me from the wind and painted Bembridge from across the estury mouth.

In the evening we found a beach close to our caravan and painted while some school groups played on the sand. This was in my small sketchbook.

The next day’s location was in the center of the island, Godshill. This is a perfect thatched cottage village with church, plus a horse and trap passing through it.

Cowes Harbour followed, with lovely weather and fantastic views.

Yarmouth was next. We had so much sun over the five days I wanted to paint the highights and shadows I’d been observing so I found this scene looking through the trees to the Solent.

Our final day was a windy Freshwater Bay. Once again we had beautiful light and I was inspired by the scene from the beach.