Kingswear, a watercolour painting

Kingswear, a watercolour painting of the pretty village nestled on the banks of the River Dart.

Kingswear, a small village sitting on the picturesque steep banks opposite Dartmouth, has gradually expanded over the years with houses built on every terrace, most of which command beautiful views over the River Dart.

The view point of this drawing was from the popular spot at Warfleet Creek, a small inlet creek, just south of the main town of Dartmouth on the walking route out to the castle.

The little pink house on the left had sadly just been demolished when I started to paint. As it was such an iconic feature for so many years, I did a little instagram pole which concluded that I should include it, so here it is.

It's always difficult choosing how much or how little of a drawing to paint, in this illustration I kept some of the buildings as line to draw the eye into the painted area. I'm planning to paint the other view of Kingswear, so keep watching this space.