My boots drying out after a muddy day paint-balling with Si, Benjy, Leo and others. Below the boots is a tiny sketch of a Dad and his son. It was the only one I managed on the day, during a brief rest between being shot and the next game. My legs were still aching 3 days later…
Pigma 1mm pen, watercolour, A6
A pair of night lights on the base of a grill pan, in a tent on a cold and windy night, while camping at the end of last Summer. Had to use a head-torch to do this one.
Pigma 1mm pen , watercolour, A6
Dramatic clouds approaching from the North, sketched while stood in the shallows on Dunraven Beach, in Glamorgan, Wales.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A6
Almost over-ripe, hanging in the kitchen.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A6
A sprig of blackthorn blossom sketched last year. Blackthorn has vicious thorns, but produces sloes for ginning. Spring is just around the corner…
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A6
A beautiful fountain/pool I saw in Istanbul last Summer. It was in an old bath-house, now a market, and connected the ground floor and basement. When the stall-holders saw me sketching they kindly put the water-pump on full, then they were called to prayer and the market closed, ready for the end of the day’s fasting (it was Ramadan/Ramazan).
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A4
Jim feeding Anna, and me up a ladder again. (See previous post Lunch). The focussed stillness when feeding a baby helps to make a great sketch subject
Marker pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A4
The ubiquitous café sketch. Black tea and lemon drizzle cake in Bath Guildhall market. I used a white marker pen to correct the fork handle and to lighten the lip of the mug, which could be considered cheating, and a bit clumsy…
Fountain pen with carbon ink, white Uni-Posca marker pen, watercolour, A6
Mostly drawing 