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A great sunny week in delightful Corfu

Hi Everybody

We have just returned from really lovely week in Corfu, a warm and very sunny Greek Island in the Mediterranean.

We stayed at the IKOS Dassia resort which is excellent ,with many pools, restaurants and a lovely beach by the warm sparkling sea. Great staff to, thanks Alex! especially.

Time, in between just chilling out, to paint a few watercolour sketches, the first of which I hope to repaint in the studio as a larger watercolour.

This first sketch was painted from photos taken on a boat trip along the stunning coast and is of  a bay near Agios Stephanos on the north coast of the island.

This our second visit to Corfu, and it won’t we hope be our last.

Everyone is very friendly and the food and drink excellent. Corfu has somewhat chaotic airport but mainly because it is so busy with visitors, however the staff there were all great too.

In this sketch I have left out the sunbeds on the lovely sandy beach at Dassia.

Albania is only a few kilometres away across the blue green sea!

There are many little seaside towns around the Corfu coast and in between then little coves , with sea caves and that wonderful clear azure blue water teaming with fish!


A cove on the Corfu coast

Maybe next time we will explore more that this lovely island has to offer

Last year we visited Corfu town and here is one of the sketches from that visit

We really enjoyed Corfu, well worth a visit!

Enjoy you travels too

Brian

Hot and lovely in Corfu

The scene from IKOS Dassia beach

Having just returned from over week in Corfu I can report that it is a delightful island, with delightful people and a great place to unwind!

We stayed in IKOS Dassia, a lovely resort right on a golden beach with warm sea water to enjoy a swim in. Great pools, restaurants and bars too, all very relaxing.

We did visit Corfu Town twice and enjoyed its busy and intriguing little streets and squares filled with lovely cafes and shops. And only a little touring about but enough to capture a few scenes to paint some sketches of this area of the island.

It was too hot to paint in the glare of the sun but our terrace provided lovely shade for some afternoon sketches.

A boat trip gave me some good scenes of Corfu town from the sea, showing how close Corfu is to Albania.

So here are few sketches which I hope will one day result in somee larger studio paintings.

Ihope you will enjoy seeing my efforts!

Approaching Corfu Town by boat

Across to Albania from the Cor fu coast

San Spiritu Church

San Spiritu Church

Another small local Church in Corfu Town

Happy Travelling and painting!