Pictures by Derek Bacon
This is Kaya, who Gail was looking after for a while. He’s quite old (for a dog) and mostly just sleeps—which is really great for drawing. I made quite a few of him.
Drawn in ink with a bamboo dip pen, a Rotring Artpen, and coloured pencil (purple).
There is no charge for refills. [Original plus colourized version].
Drawing of my mum in Osdorp
Ink, charcoal and pencil sketches from the weekend with Gail at Westerpark in Amsterdam.
Portrait night with Dudley Svendsgaard. Two charcoal, gel pen, pencil and grey colour pencil portraits from a wine-bar opening in Amsterdam. Why did I give away the original of the top portrait? Wine, that’s why.
Double-page illustration for The Grocer. Many big thanks to Stuart Milligan.
100 x 40cm drawing of cow parsley in Osdorp. Ink, pencil, crayon, charcoal, brush pen.