Heybridge Dinghies

If you’ve been following me for a few years you may remember that I used to paint a lot of dinghies, and sailing dinghies in acrylic. A few weeks ago I thought I’d experiment with painting a dinghy in soft pastel, just to see how it would turn out.

I went down to Heybridge Basin at low tide and walked along the sea wall. There were quite a few dinghies that I recognised from having painted them years ago! The one I chose was a new one though. nicely beached on the mud with a yellow buoy reflecting in the water of the mud wallow left by the movement of the boat as the tide had receded.

Here is the painting – which you can view on my Gallery 2025 page, too – which I have called Low Tide.

It was very different from painting a dinghy in acrylics, but I was quite pleased with the result. What do you think? I may do some more . . . .