Some days I start out with particular intentions and one by one they fall by the wayside. My first aim this morning was to draw the start of the archaeological day, but although I made a great effort to arrive early, it had already started.
So instead of drawing lots of people getting kit from the Barn where it is stored, I managed a few fleeting figures and had to make do with a study of the location, to act as a background for future drawing.
The second aim was to take advantage of the good weather to do a painting – but I got distracted. There was a large group of students learning the art of scraping with trowels, which I wanted to draw for the film.
This was followed by a visit to Structure 26 to see some interesting features not usually found on this site – a quern (the stone used for grinding grain) in situ beside the hearth.
Back in the Art Hut for teabreak there was an influx of visitors, some of whom had already been buying my postcards in the shop. By this time the weather had changed. The sun had gone in, it was cloudy with shifting light – and it was really too late to start a painting…
