Drawing trees: 92

31 August 2016

Four quick sketches in black and white; didn't have time to add colour.





Not drawing trees

25 August 2016

Today, I found a chair in the woods.

St James's Park again

23 August 2016

More quick sketches in St James Park. Each: Ink and watercolour, 23 x 13cm.

St James's Park

22 August 2016

Four quick sketches -- each under ten minutes -- in St James's Park.



Dying grass and thistles by the edge of the lake.



Breeze over the water.



Foreign and Commonwealth Office buildings behind the trees.



The London Eye from St James's Park.

Each: Ink and watercolour, 23 x 13cm.

Summer in Greenwich

20 August 2016

Urban Sketchers in Greenwich: Torrential rain, hot sunshine, and fierce winds.



A carousel (Famous Carousel The Pride of London), and vintage snack van, in front of the Cutty Sark.



Sheltering on the balcony of one of Wren's buildings.

Each: Ink and watercolour, 43 x 13cm. Click to enlarge.

Drawing trees: 90

17 August 2016



Ink and watercolour, 26 x 9cm.

Drawing trees: 89

16 August 2016



Ink, 23 x 13cm.

From an almost continuous line of scribble, trees emerge.

Drawing trees: 88

15 August 2016



Ink, 21 x 13cm.

Still working just in ink. How to capture the pools of sunlight breaking through gaps in the heavily-leaved trees?

On a boat in Greenwich

14 August 2016

movement in water
& relationships of boats to water

close up
30cm away

forms in relation to space around them
slowdown
draw to next bit

start in one place
draw a bit