Tag Archives: london sketches
greenwich park and landscape drawing
I was inspired by Philip Reeve’s recent landscape drawings to get up early this morning and draw in the park. (I have a bit of a love affair with the trees there, they’re so full of personality. Go visit them … Continue reading
lunchtime sketch
I popped down to Greenwich and seeing the Urban Sketchers website put me in mind to do an architectural sketch. I didn’t have much time, so I went straight in with pen, and scruffed about a bit to give it … Continue reading
coffee break drawing
Hey, I just saw that Chris Riddell has illustrated a 352-page book of Don Quixote with Martin Jenkins, being released very soon by Walker Books. I just had a quick flip through, but his pictures look amazing, keep your eye … Continue reading
yar, she’s a big ‘un
When I went out for my celebratory election coffee this morning, the last thing I expected to see was a big ol’ warship on my patch of river. I joined the cluster of old men admiring the ship to get … Continue reading
stepping onto the Airship set
This morning I cycled up the north side of the Thames, crossed Tower Bridge and sat in the crook of the big iron anchor there to write another episode of Vern and Lettuce. Then I did this little sketch here … Continue reading
new bakery!
I got whiplash on my way to the post office when I saw the most amazing assemblage of bread loaves in a window. I didn’t mean to stop, except maybe for a quick coffee with Jeff-the-Aussie-barista, but some overwhelming force … Continue reading
freaky tree
This morning I just made a few tweaks to yesterday’s tree sketch to see what might happen. Edit: I’ve been thinking a lot about drawing trees lately. One kind I like is the really detailed gnarled ones you see in … Continue reading
a tree i like a lot
Here’s a pen sketch I did this morning of one of my favourite trees in Greenwich Park. Awhile back I read a book, The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler, about these creatures who live in an old tree in Greenwich … Continue reading
fairies get tired too.
So let me tell you … this job, turning Sarah’s complex life into a simple, controlled one, is taking its toll on me. I’ve never been so tired at work. I took a few winks and slept for longer than … Continue reading
white vans make me go ‘grrr’
(Title tribute to Dave Shelton’s Good Dog Bad Dog.) To be fair, the FedEx vans tend to be more polite than the usual white van. The Evening Standard vans, they may not be all white (they have orange stripes), but … Continue reading
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