I carry a mini 10 x 15 cm (about 2/3 of what it looks like on-screen) sketchbook with me at all times. Of course it restricts how much detail can be put down on a page, but on the other hand means I can fit a huge amount onto a page in a short space of time. I’ve been struggling with a large drawing of the complicated Imperial War Museum, so taking it back to this scale is a great way to re-connect with the essentials of the space and think about composition without committing to a large drawing. Here I’ve taken on roughly the same angle across the room, but stationed either above or below the WWI Sopwith Camel 2FI. The planes featured are the same, but there’s a dramatic difference to their soaring overhead, or from above: they look more like they’re engaged in a dog fight.
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About thetownmouse
I’m Joanna Moore, a compulsive drawer and architectural historian. I studied Architecture and History of Art at university, and completed the postgraduate Drawing Year at the Prince’s Drawing School, where I won the Patron’s Prize. I have exhibited in Spitalfields, the Tea Building in Shoreditch, the Prince’s Drawing School, and Southwark Cathedral. All my work is produced, or developed, from drawings done from observation. I never use a camera, and work on site, whatever the weather. My prints and paintings are often re-worked from these original drawings, many monotypes are created on location.
When I’m not drawing, I can be found continuing to work for Prince’s Drawing School, teaching 10-14 year-olds drawing at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of the Prince’s Drawing Clubs, cycling through the streets of London, baking, or winding down with a Gn’T and a cat on my lap. This blog is a personal diary of my ambition to draw and make, my work, travels and inspirations.
Why the town mouse? It seemed appropriate for how I feel scampering around my favourite city and drawing on street corners.
nice drawings