Owen Harries Landscape Blog

  A Selection of Summer Sketches Below are a selection of quick sketches from my A5 sketchbook which I carried with me this summer. I often sketched on my lunch breaks at work, and when out and about and there was a view/something I wanted to capture in another way than a photograph. Others were from memory/imagination which I had thought up on the spot. This was a quick sketch I did from my tent when camping with friends in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Rather than sketching the exact view from an AirBnB I decided to draw the interior  features as they were and everything outdoors upside down. Some quick sketches of spring bulbs in my garden, the hill at my favourite walk, a conifer near the market garden I used to work at, and some other sketches that came into my head. Experimenting with using parallel, diagonal lines to create the effect of shading. This one of a rock climbing scene, one of my hobbies.

Intro   I am making this blog post having returned to university following a year out after the first year of my course to consider career and education options. I chose to return to Cheltenham to continue to complete and pursue my Landscape Architecture course/career. This post is to highlight the main highlights and my favourite experiences from my year out. Working at a Market Garden The market garden on a sunny(!) September day. Throughout most of my year-out I worked at a small market garden/farm shop in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. This allowed me to further develop my plant and horitcultural knowledge as well as develop customer service/retail skills in the farm shop. I also developed a knowledge and conscience towards how much the climate/weather can impact food supply chains and infrastructure which is something I will take with me throughout my career. I found this job gave me plenty of time to reflect and consider what I enjoyed, and more importantly what I didn't. This d...