Still plugging away at finishing off (notes and maps) my July trip sketchbooks… onto the last day. First sketch from my last morning in London… The Liberty Store… what a lovely building and so much fun to sketch and paint. I was using my water-soluble pentel brush pen (not the pocket brush which is...
CONTINUE READINGBeen waiting for my paints to dry before starting my colour diet- but it is on now! A few initial thoughts 1. I know that I can mix an amazing range of colours with my triad but it does take longer 2. Feeling that I am getting a lot of murky mixes in my palette...
CONTINUE READINGAlthough Day 3 is was only my second full day in London in July and I was going to be leaving on the next day. 2 full days and 2 half days is NOT enough time in A crazy morning of solo sketching including: A walk along the Thames to sketch Tower Bridge...
CONTINUE READINGThere is so much to do in London – lots of great museums, people to meet up with and lots of buildings. One of my favourite periods of architectural history is English Baroque and I have done a lot of personal study over the years on the work of Wren, Hawksmoor, Gibbs etc. So...
CONTINUE READINGFollowing on from time in Cardiff In July (after the USK Symposium in Barcelona) I spend the last 3 and a bit days in London…and my first afternoon consisted mainly of drinking tea and drawing cake (didn’t actually manage to eat it all at the time!) But first – my journey. Sitting in a coach...
CONTINUE READINGA wonderful and very overdue visit to visit dear friends today… I had to draw the new cubby house and we also found some very strange seed pods – from an ironbark tree we think? The pods (I don’t know if that is the right term) were all curled up and looked like hanging bugs....
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