Cornwall, August 2017

St Michael's Mount from the beach at Marazion

The beach at Marazion

From the beach at Durgan

Taking the train

Moderately crowded trains can be good places to observe and sketch people. They tend to stay fairly still and they tend to keep themselves occupied, making it easy to make unobtrusive sketches.

I recently made a number of journeys to London, and these are some of my sketches made on one such (I have omitted the few that include potentially recognisable faces). It was a busy train; I stood all the way from Basingstoke (a little over an hour).

 

But my children were happy to sit on the floor.

Rock Nite

Whole Lotta Love

Local rock bad From Dusk Til Dawn played a charity rock night in the village last night. I was there, with my A6 sketchbook...

Wanted, Dead or Alive

What's the collective noun for rock guitarists?

Clothed Life Sketches

Short poses, pastel / Derwent Drawing pencil

Short poses, pen / carbon stick

Acrylic on white faced corrugated cardboard. 15 min.

Acrylic on gessoed hardboard. 30 min.

January 9 - 11

9 Jan - Party

10 Jan - Tree with bonus squirrel

11 Jan - Lime Kiln

Walking home from school

I was surprised that this worked as well as it did; I was walking and drawing at the same time... (the writing was added after getting home).