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charcoal drawing of a woman
Another life drawing to put on the pile, from quite a few weeks ago at Betty Frankenstien's drawing sessions in Crystal Palace. Some old textured paper, and a softer, less linear approach from me proved quite successful. The tweeters on Twitter quite liked it, too. ;o)
Horse and cart outside a pub
I found this great image the other day, whilst leafing through an old copy of National Geographic Magazine. Taken in 1972, it shows a horse-drawn delivery of beer to the George Inn, Borough High Street. It suppose it may have been a special occasion, but I suspect that even if it was an everyday occurrence, the days of deliveries by horse and cart must have been numbered.
drawing of people in the street
One of my regular haunts has inspired me again. The London Bridge / Borough area produced some more characters and architecture to help me create 'Lunchtime SE1'. It was quite a lengthy process: trip out with a camera + photoshopped composition + pencil drawing + two colour transfer using oil paint and pencils. I'm pleased with it though, as it is suitably manic and bustling for a weekday lunchtime in that part of town. I've also entered it into the John Ruskin Drawing Prize, so fingers crossed. I'll know by the beginning of May if I've made it through to the shortlist. Here's the pencil drawing that I also did (from the photoshop montage) if you're interested:
pencil drawing of people in the street
three greetings cards
I'm very pleased to announce that Off The Barrow ( providing high quality art, gifts and creative products from all over the world, to people all over the world) are now selling gift cards featuring my work. They were fans of one of the images, as mentioned recently in their little feature on me. Now I'm in their shop. Grab yourself some urban architecture in an envelope.