Quick sketch of a brass power indicator in the engine room of a retired ice-breaker in Stockholm, moored next to the Vassa museum. A wonderful chance to roam a ship and explore all the engineering that went into it.
1mm Sakura ‘pigma’ pen, watercolour, A5
An old Webley Senior air pistol from the early 1960s, a powerful object in my childhood amongst all the toy guns. Good for shooting at model Airfix planes suspended from tree branches in the garden with my brother. It’s heavy and the barrel unclips at the back to swing right over the top to charge the air chamber underneath. Still works beautifully.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
Every Day Matters #3 ‘Draw purses, wallets or bags’.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
Sat with my back against a tree, watching its huge shadow move across the grass and creep up the wall opposite. Late afternoon on a high terrace in Istanbul.
Fountain pen with Lexington grey ink, A4
Resting by the river, below the weir, in Bath in the Summer.
1mm Sakura Pigma pen, watercolour, A3
I went out sketching on Boxing day. It started raining and the resulting drips, blots and puddles helped to improve the picture as sumi ink seems to like water. Carrying the sketch book home, open and dripping was tricky, pools of dilute ink running around on the paper
Water-brush filled with Chinese sumi ink, A4
Wood shingles and a tree next to the cafe at Skansen, the large and excellent outdoor museum in Stockholm.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, A5
The view to the North-West from the top of the Galata tower in Istanbul. It was very windy, with other visitors hats being blown down into the streets below.
Marker pen, A3
Another multi-coloured biro experiment and Every Day Matters challenge #1 “Draw a shoe”.
4 colour Bic biro, A4
Nelson resting on a large coil of rope at the top of his column in Trafalgar Square, London. Sketched from a cold outdoor cafe table.
1mm Sakura Pigma pen, watercolour, A6
Mostly drawing 