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‘Perfect View’
Looking down ‘Perfect View’, a lane just above Camden Road in North Bath. Parts of the eponymous view are now obscured by trees, but you still get some excellent prospects across the city. Here’s an article, and video, about the … Continue reading
Ginnel, snicket, drang
Looking down ‘The Shrubbery’, one of the many steep pedestrian alleys in Bath. These narrow lanes are called ‘ginnels’ or ‘snickets’ in the North of England; in this area they’re ‘drangs’. The back of the Royal Crescent is in the … Continue reading
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Marker pen experiment
Trying out a thick marker pen refilled with Carbon ink, at the end of lunch at Yen Sushi in Bartlett St. I love the consistently thick lines I can get with dip-pen nibs but they’re not portable, and marker pen … Continue reading
Benchmark
A bench near Bath Abbey, low winter sun casting a strong shadow. That’s enough monochrome. Next post in full colour. Water-brush with Chinese sumi and Diamine grey ink, A6
Cold grey
Quick… faster… it’s very cold… Trying out new ink and a new pen. The roller ball worked well for this standing sketch in a hurry near St Stephen’s church, Lansdown Hill, Bath; great for big fast lines, and interesting to … Continue reading
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Circus snow
Snow on the trunk of one of the five huge plane trees in the centre of the Circus in Bath. Water-brushes with normal and dilute Lexington grey ink, A5
Still snowy
Looking South West across Bath, twilight approaching, the snow still good enough for sledging. Watercolour, A4
Bath time
The Roman ‘Great Bath’, in Bath, with the later Victorian buildings that now surround it. The water is that green, but there are usually more visitors. It looks particularly good in winter with clouds of steam rising from the surface… … Continue reading
Bath Abbey
Met up with Jim to sketch in town. It was damp and foggy outside so we visited the Abbey, where helpful guides showed us typos on memorial plaques (‘immorality’ instead of ‘immortality’), and tiny skulls hidden in the eyes of … Continue reading
Riverbank
Resting by the river, below the weir, in Bath in the Summer. 1mm Sakura Pigma pen, watercolour, A3
Mostly drawing 