Another hand picture, this time using a thick dip pen nib and grey brush pen for the light shading. Looks strangely gnarly and ancient…
Dip pen with Chinese sumi ink, Zig ‘real brush’ pen, A6
I’m an Urban Sketcher…
Gallery
“Stop”
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
Air pistol
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
Tiny figure
One of the many beautiful objects in the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm. Needed the very fine water-brush and a steady hand for this one. The sketch is about one inch tall on the page, so looks more like this:
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, very small (A10?)
Rucksack
Every Day Matters #3 ‘Draw purses, wallets or bags’.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
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 a statue. Sat and drew the view down the length of the nave to the altar.
Water-brushes filled with dilute Lexington grey ink and Chinese sumi ink, A5
Bike
A bike in Stockholm. The unusual handlebars are designed for riders with a long left arm.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A6
The Doors
Looking towards the front door through two other doorways, with two further doors on the left, and five cupboard doors on the right. There’s a large map of Europe on the left hand wall.
Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
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Tree shadow
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
Riverbank
Resting by the river, below the weir, in Bath in the Summer.
1mm Sakura Pigma pen, watercolour, A3
Mostly drawing 