White Cliffs Kingsdown

White Cliffs Kingsdown
Dover Cliffs Chalk and Charcoal on black paper
86 x 58 cm

Unframed 

White chalk from the local cliffs at Kingsdown on black paper. These cliffs and the subject of the drawing are part of the White Cliffs of Dover. Making art from the subject. Real chalk locally sourced.

I rode over to Kingsdown on my bike from Deal in Kent where I live and searched for pieces of chalk from rock falls of the cliff. I'd been wanting to draw the cliffs in the chalk they were made from for a week or so, since I'd done my first drawing out there in Charcoal. Because of Lockdown I had to wait until the local shop was open again that sold large black thick paper. I love sourcing natural materials and then using them to make art. I'd done this before when I lived in Kiln Lane in Suffolk. I would dig up the clay in my garden and make sculptures from the beautiful clay.