I was feeling a bit nostalgic for Blankety Blank for some reason. I mean, who else is drawing pictures of Larry Grayson these days? Larry who? Exactly.
Blankety Blank
New York
Charcoal and ink drawing of New York
The learner
This is drawn (and painted) in ink, pencil and charcoal and depicts one of my students in Jakarta (where I pretended to be an English teacher for a few years in the early 90s).
It’s all about the lines, I’ve realised. No too much shading. When you first get into drawing, you think it’s all about the shading. But actually, if you get them right, lines work much quicker on the eye.
Shopping spree
This illustration of a woman here is drawn and painted in cobalt blue ink, and the map in vermillion red pencil, and red gel pen. I based her (loosely) on a photo I took in Chicago, although I’ve exaggerated her quite a bit. I like the way her hair came out.
Allan Oakes
Dorset vs Amsterdam
Sketchbook page: The Purbeck hills of Dorset vs Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
Drawing of my mum’s bush
Dudley and Aafke at the Open Draw
Pencil and ink sketch from the golden days of the Open Draw, which Gail ran in De Pijp. It was never quite the same when it moved to Cinetol, although the life drawing sessions there were great.
Helen Mirren
This dream I had
