Blogshank - Mike Smith, Illustrator and Diary Blogger » painting https://blogshank.com Mon, 11 May 2026 23:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Saou alley https://blogshank.com/2020/01/saou-alley/ https://blogshank.com/2020/01/saou-alley/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:29:58 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=2409 Another France painting: this is in Saou. I crept out early to catch the sunlight streaming down an alley, then had the best almond croissant of the trip. Those days seem like a dream now.

Sunlit alley in Saou, France

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]]> https://blogshank.com/2012/01/its-been-windy-here/feed/ 2 Laos https://blogshank.com/2011/10/laos/ https://blogshank.com/2011/10/laos/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:53:44 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=1150 From 28th October to 5th November we crossed from Vietnam to Thailand via Laos, by bus. Places we stopped at: Buddhist monk-populated Savannakhet, and Pakse, from where we took a boat to a tiny village called Champasak on the Mekong river. This was a lovely place (probably my favourite of the whole trip) which was just a cycle ride away from Wat Pho — a less grand but very beautiful version of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.

We also went kayaking, but the less said about that the better.

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Pakse building

This is a bit of a naff picture of the Mekong, but it’s the only one I had.

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Mekong boat

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Mekong boat

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Buddha statue at Wat Pho

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: road in Champasak

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Pencil sketch of a house at Dungeness

Dungeness lighthouse and nuclear power station painting

While we were on the south coast I did some sketching at Dungeness. It’s got to be one of the best places in the UK to go with a pad and pencil. It’s got everything, including loads of messy telegraph poles, which I particularly love drawing.

Caz’s dad is responsible for the design of part of the nuclear power station, but I can’t remember which bit.

]]> https://blogshank.com/2011/09/dungeness/feed/ 6 Mawgan Porth, Cornwall https://blogshank.com/2009/07/mawgan-porth-cornwall/ https://blogshank.com/2009/07/mawgan-porth-cornwall/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:07:26 +0000 Mike http://blog.cambridgemashow.com/?p=754 The beach at Morgan Porth, Cornwall.

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