An oddly tidy living room with a detailed panoramic engraving of Bath by Trevor Haddrell (it’s hung straight in the real room. And the table top is level. And the chairs are the same height. Harrumph). I’m following Steven Reddy’s approach again (watch the linked video from about 9 minutes in for the details), creating a strangely clear and slightly luminous picture.
Pilot V7 rollerball with Lexington grey ink, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey, watercolour, A5
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
“Necklace with beads of glass, rock crystal, silver and amber. Late Viking age. Woman’s costume from Gotland.” The beads came from many countries, evidence of the Vikings’ extensive trading network. Sketched at the very lovely Stockholm National Historical Museum (could do with some shadows).
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
Two sketches, two weeks apart, of Sherry on her iPad. My current sketchbook has coloured paper every few pages making a white marker pen very useful. I’ve tried to sketch on an iPad but the time delay in mark-making and the lack of direct tactile feedback make it a curiously detached experience. I’ll keep trying, as the ‘finger painting’ aspect of it is interesting…
Pigma 1mm pen, grey and white Uni-Posca markers, A6
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 