SPRING TIME IN LONDON - SKETCHING

WEATHER IS BETTER NOW, SO SKETCHING OUTDOORS IS LESS OF A PROBLEM

Here are some recent drawings from my various size sketchbooks. Usually I either draw in crayon or pencil.  Most sketches are also watercolour.  All done on the spot.

Local hardware and car parts shop in South London. due to close down  later this year.

Moorgate Station, City of London, drawn while attending the meet-up of Urban Sketchers London Group in the Barbican

March sunshine in Kingston-upon-Thames, drawn from All Saints Churchyard near the market place. Daffodils are almost dead in the area near the wall.  Children's merry-go-round in the background.

Kingston-upon-Thames, same day but in the pedestrian walk, where some buskers performed. Group  was called Red Jackson.

At the Ideal Home exhibition, Olympia, London. The craft beer van and other foody and drinky outlets

Sunday in April. Annual Boat Race at Putney in South West London, the river just before the races start.  In case you didn't know, the main event is the annual men's race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

LOCAL SHOPS IN SOUTH LONDON UNDER THREAT OF CLOSURE

IN SOUTH LONDON SMALL SHOPS ARE CLOSING DOWN, SO I SKETCH THEM BEFORE THEY GO

Some long established businesses are going this year, or next year. Some have been trading for 50 years or more.  Most are run by a single trader or a family.  

Sadly some have already closed down, before I could sketch them.  Here are my latest sketches

Panetteria Italiano, Merton Park

A W Cycles, South Wimbledon

Copperfields Second Hand Bookshop, Wimbledon

Cunningham's Builders Merchants, Raynes Park

Broadway Bargains, Worcester Park

I & S Locksmiths, Wimbledon

SKETCHED IN SUMMER 2016

SOME SUMMER TIME SKETCHES, LONDON AND COSTA DEL SOL, SPAIN - 2016

Malaga, Santa Semana stands

Marbella, plaza

Marbella, plaza

Putney embankment, London

Santus Circus, Raynes Park

Colonel's Review, The Mall, London

Wimbledon Village fete, Wimbledon Common

SOME BLACK AND WHITE PEN AND PENCIL URBAN SKETCHES, 2016

BLACK AND WHITE SKETCHES IN 2016

Half Moon at Putney

Half Moon at Putney

London City Airport departure lounge

Prince George Club, Raynes Park

Prince George Club bar at Raynes Park

SPRING 2016 URBAN SKETCHES IN LONDON

SPRING TIME IN LONDON, URBAN SKETCHES 2016

Kew Green at Kew, cricket match end

Bart's Hospital, fountain court, Smithfield London

Canal near Little Venice, London

Boat on the Regent's panel near Paddington

Blue bridge at Little Venice

Book barge, near Granary Square,Kings Cross

Second hand book stalls, South Bank London

URBAN SKETCHES IN SPRING 2016

MORE URBAN SKETCHES DONE IN 2016, A4 SKETCHBOOKS IN LONDON

A few more sketches, different sketchbooks, different media. Mostly pen, crayon and watercolour.

Trafalgar square, open top bus

Waterstones coffee bar, Trafalgar square

London docks view from Canary Wharf

Shopping in Canary wharf

Charterhouse, in Charterhouse square

Half Moon Pub band event, Putney

Monet exhibtion. London

Waterloo station, London

Waterstones coffee bar, Trafalgar square

Wesley RHS Gardens, outside the coffee bar

URBAN SKETCHES DONE IN 2016

URBAN SKETCHING IN JANUARY 2016 IN A4 SKETCHBOOKS

This is an update of some of my winter sketches, done in A4 sketchbooks, during 2016.

Some of the drawing events were with the Urban Sketchers (London) Group, and some on my own.

London Docks from Canary Wharf

View inside Canary Wharf Mall

Winter garden, South London

Morden town centre, buses by the Tub station

Travel shop at Olympia, London

Outside the cafe, Wisley RHS gardens, Surrey