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Stuffed
An afternoon at Bristol Museum sketching stuffed animals. The Aye Aye looked very care-worn (another visitor called him Dobby), and the Dodo mildly outraged at the indignity of it all. Pilot V7 Pen with Lexington grey ink, watercolour, water-brush with dilute Diamine … Continue reading
Daffodil
The daffodil was just ‘going over’, with petals starting to curl and wither at the edges. A sketch from last year, but bringing colour on another grey day. Fountain pen with Carbon ink, watercolour, A6
Lamp-light
Every Day Matters #2 ‘Draw a lamp’. It was in a Naval hostel/hotel in Stockholm (Drottning Victorias Örlogshem Hotel) hence the nautical theme, with the shade made out of an imitation sea-chart. The uneven cross-hatching in the big shadow on the … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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