These are 3 great examples of how great M.J.W. was at sketching and putting down colours quickly. In the middle image you can see my grandma standing and looking towards him. This must date from when they were living on a river boat in France. I have a few photos of drawings from that era. The top one is a sketch of friends with my grandma on the very left and my aunt Martine on the right. It says "Mauritus 46" so is from the time they lived on Mauritus Island. The bottom one says "Menton, 1937" Menton is a small city on the Cote d'Azur. So they were still in France then. They left for Madagascar as the war started. My great grand father (we call him Grand-Pere) was established there and wrote to them telling them that since Monty was British, they had better get out of France before things got ugly. I guess having survived the 1st WW in the tranchees, He knew what he was talking about.
I especialy love here the rich tones of the sea between the 2 boats.
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