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).
Ink, charcoal and pencil sketches from the weekend with Gail at Westerpark in Amsterdam.
Oosterpark vandaag. Ink, pencil and crayon drawing of plant-life in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark today.
Trees in Osdorperbinnenpolder Noord—drawn in cobalt blue ink and coloured pencil.
Sketchbook page: The Purbeck hills of Dorset vs Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
“I bet you can’t draw me” he said. Well kid, you owe me a sandwich. On the ferry from England to Holland with the last of my stuff in boxes. Drawn in blue fountain pen, and blue pencil.
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.