Under the bonnet

and down in sunny South London: Andrew, Mike and Luke at work at Andrew Brock’s garage, Shawbury Road, off Lordship Lane.

Laon

Another one from France I’d forgotten to add. Laon Cathedral, drawn crouching on cobbles over a few hours in the sun -and getting a little burnt in the process. Possibly my new favourite… Continue reading →

Islay: The Angels’ Share

We found the residents of Islay rather happy about the aforementioned rain. It turned out that they’d had a dry season of several weeks and a drop in water levels, leading to some… Continue reading →

School Days

These are from a day’s drawing in a rather nice public school in west London. Aged around eight, these little boys don’t keep still for a minute, making them infuriating and fun to… Continue reading →

Night Shift

These sketches were churned out between 1am-7am at St John’s Bread & Wine on Thursday. They’re barely finished so I am reluctant to share them all were I not keen to show the… Continue reading →

Return to Spitalfields

A warm welcome to those of you who’ve found me via this Spitalfields Life article. Slightly surreal but very flattering being interviewed about, well, myself! I hope to be tagging along with the… Continue reading →

Culture Mouse visits the V&A

This picture is barely much bigger than it seems on screen, at just under 8×6 inches. I’ve done it deliberately small with a teeny 0.1 pen, to stop me taking too much time… Continue reading →

Wren & Hawksmoor

I finish my office job shortly and am gearing up for a busy summer of drawing, before starting the Prince’s Drawing School in September. Having the time and opportunity to draw more is… Continue reading →

Creatures

Following on from my earlier musings on Barbari’s partridges, some of my own studies of dead things. I had intended to draw this hare and bunnies in a game larder as a scene,… Continue reading →

Comfy

A quick dip into a sketchbook and some of the people I’ve been around in the evenings. After busy days I’m trying to make sure I get a drawing done before bed. Rolling-up… Continue reading →