St James's Park
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
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: 88
Ink, 21 x 13cm.
Still working just in ink. How to capture the pools of sunlight breaking through gaps in the heavily-leaved trees?
Variable edition
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
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
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
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
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
Ink and watercolour, 21 x 13cm.
On Lingfield Common. Trees now dense with foliage. Hot sun; cool dark shade.
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