The potting shed

The potting shed

Potting sheds are great places especially like the one at Heligan full to the ceiling with terracotta pots and dried flowers and all the paraphernalia you would expect to find. The smell is of the earth. I have seen artists paint plant pots many times but they often fail to add the different layers of soil, salt and stains that accumulate of the years they are only one uniform colour when they come out of the kiln. I love the design quality of the different sizes of pots. I originally had the floor extending twice as much again towards the viewer but after discussing it with a fellow artist we both agreed that it did not quite work. I will be back in the potting shed many times in the future.


I'm taking my son to the children's hospice this weekend which is only a couple of miles away from Heligan so a couple of sketching visits will be in order