Drawing trees: 92
31 August 2016
Four quick sketches in black and white; didn't have time to add colour.
St James's Park again
23 August 2016
More quick sketches in St James Park. Each: Ink and watercolour, 23 x 13cm.
St James's Park
22 August 2016
Four quick sketches -- each under ten minutes -- in St James's Park.
Dying grass and thistles by the edge of the lake.
Breeze over the water.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office buildings behind the trees.
The London Eye from St James's Park.
Each: Ink and watercolour, 23 x 13cm.
Dying grass and thistles by the edge of the lake.
Breeze over the water.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office buildings behind the trees.
The London Eye from St James's Park.
Each: Ink and watercolour, 23 x 13cm.
Summer in Greenwich
20 August 2016
Urban Sketchers in Greenwich: Torrential rain, hot sunshine, and fierce winds.
A carousel (Famous Carousel The Pride of London), and vintage snack van, in front of the Cutty Sark.
Sheltering on the balcony of one of Wren's buildings.
Each: Ink and watercolour, 43 x 13cm. Click to enlarge.
A carousel (Famous Carousel The Pride of London), and vintage snack van, in front of the Cutty Sark.
Sheltering on the balcony of one of Wren's buildings.
Each: Ink and watercolour, 43 x 13cm. Click to enlarge.
Drawing trees: 89
16 August 2016
Ink, 23 x 13cm.
From an almost continuous line of scribble, trees emerge.
Drawing trees: 88
15 August 2016
Ink, 21 x 13cm.
Still working just in ink. How to capture the pools of sunlight breaking through gaps in the heavily-leaved trees?
On a boat in Greenwich
14 August 2016
movement in water
& relationships of boats to water
& relationships of boats to water
close up
30cm away
30cm away
forms in relation to space around them
slowdown
draw to next bit
slowdown
draw to next bit
start in one place
draw a bit
draw a bit
Variable edition
13 August 2016
Linocut: three small (9cm square) blocks, first block (background) monoprinted, then second and third blocks printed on top. Variable inking; variation in print quality semi-intended: caused by hand pressure (instead of using the press).
Drawing trees: 87
11 August 2016
Ink and watercolour, 21 x 13cm.
Linework in ink, then adding tone in black watercolour. It was meant to be one consistent tone, but that's not as easy as I thought.
Drawing trees: 86
10 August 2016
Ink and watercolour, 21 x 13cm.
Cold today under the trees. The paint was slow to dry; you can see on the left where some of the colours ran into each other, but maybe that's a good thing.
Bird with a flower
09 August 2016
Linocut, 8 x 8 cm
Printing again. It's been a long time. Three small blocks: key block in black; another for the blue and pink; another with just yellow and red.
Practising trees: 85
08 August 2016
Ink, 43 x 13cm. Click to enlarge.
Panorama: There's always something else interesting to draw just beyond the edge of the paper, so keep going.
Drawing trees: 84
05 August 2016
Ink and watercolour, 21 x 13cm.
On Lingfield Common. Trees now dense with foliage. Hot sun; cool dark shade.
Drawing trees: 81
02 August 2016
Ink, 13 x 9cm.
Raining. All I could see from the car window was this tree top.
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