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Wilson Yau: I draw, teach and make stuff

  • Digital drawings
    • Suburban dreams: Lockdown in Birmingham
    • Commutes
    • About my digital drawings
    • Start drawing (digitally), NOW!
    • Birmingham Central Library
    • Colouring-in sheets (free download)
    • Food
    • ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe
    • London architecture
    • Norwegian
    • War cemeteries, Ieper, Belgium
  • Drawing experiments
  • Models
    • Handmade architectural models
    • 3D printing
  • Shop
    • Etsy
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9am Tuesday, Brixton to Oxford Cricus stations, Victoria line, London, 15th November 2016 (Drawing 791)

Another morning commute… Another exciting day heading to work in central London, surrounded by fellow commuters reading, playing on their phones or eagerly waiting to reach their destination. Nothing specific caught my eye,it felt like any other commute. This time is used the Adobe Draw app, one I’ve rarely use […]

Morning commute, Victoria line, 15th November 2016

4.30pm Sunday, Victoria to South Kensington stations, District line, London (Drawing 775)

You can transport anything on the Tube… Time it right and you can use the Tube to carry anything: furniture, giant luggage, a class of kids — but not in rush hour! It seems the main reason I use the District line is to go to the V&A, which is […]

Flat-pack furniture, District line, 16th October 2016

6.30pm Monday bank holiday, West Hampstead to Canada Water stations, Jubilee line, London, 29th August 2016 (Drawing 741)

Sometimes there’s just not enough seats on the Tube… It was a lot warmer back in August, but since this drawing has been completed the weather is more autumnal – now everyone has a coat and umbrella, and scarves and gloves will follow soon. This work is based on a sketch of a […]

Extra seats, Bank Holiday, Jubilee line, 29th August 2016

9.30am Friday, Brixton to Oxford Circus stations, Victoria line, London, 29th July 2016 (Drawing 720)

No sunburn or cakes for me thanks, just commuting. I took me a while to draw this. I had originally abandoned it and left it as an onsite sketch, and I went on to draw other work, but the central character protectively holding a box of cupcakes proved hard to […]

Sunburn and cake, Victoria line, 29th July 2016

Stretching, 3rd August 2016, Victoria line

Make the most of your time on the Tube… Running as part of your commute is certainly a great way to make the most of your mornings. But if I did that, I would have been able to draw this runner stretching on part of my journey to work on […]

Stretching, Victoria line, 3rd August 2016

Dog during rush hour, Victoria line, 12th July 2016

Rush hour can be enjoyed by anyone or anything. Most people during rush hour on the Tube are going to work, adult age and, rather obviously, human – me! Any deviation from those parameters is noticeable, like a child, an older person or a tourist with large suitcases. In this […]

Dog during rush hour, Victoria line, 12th July 2016

8pm Wednesday, Oxford Circus to Brixton stations, Victoria line, London, 8th June 2016 (Drawing 681)

The flowers weren’t for me. I toil long hours at my job to keep those bills paid, it leaves little time to draw. So, as usual I’m snatching a few minutes here and there to scribble away at my iPhone screen, hence over a month to finish this drawing. On […]

Wednesday evening, Victoria line, 8th June 2016

Switch House, Tate Modern, London, 19th June 2016

A visit is recommended. After much construction work the impressive new extension to Tate Modern has opened and added a new landmark to London’s skyline. The interior of this twisted brick pyramid is fascinating to explore. On my first visit, I drew what I saw, whilst making my way upwards […]

Switch House, Tate Modern, 18th June 2016

Tuesday evening, Overground line, 3rd May 2016

I have no idea what they were looking at. Returning home from a meal at a friend’s house, I took the long and convoluted journey from east to south London. Every Tube line is different, but the people are always interesting. Medium: Digital drawing created on an iPhone 6 and using […]

Tuesday evening, Overground, 3rd May 2016

Monday morning, Victoria line, 11th April 2016

Sometimes a whole lot of activity takes place in a Tube carriage: yawning, reading, public displays of affection, writing and using mobile phones. Medium: Digital drawing created on an iPhone 6 and using Adobe Ideas app Drawn: 11th April – 2nd May 2016

Monday morning, Victoria line, 11th April 2016

Tuesday morning, Victoria line, 15th March 2016

Should dogs pay for public transport too? This was a journey into work, early in the morning to do some extra hours. Sometimes it’s worth going in early into the office to get more done – though it didn’t feel less busy on the Tube. Medium: Digital drawing created on an […]

Tuesday morning, Victoria line, 15th March 2016

Gamma mobile, created by Alexander Calder in 1947, on display in Tate Modern, London, 12th March 2016

  Tate Modern‘s ‘Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture’ is a great exhibition. The colours and shadows of his ‘Gamma’ mobile caught my eye and I sat down for a few minutes to draw it; I wasn’t alone, other people kept standing in front of me.   Watch a video (18 seconds) […]

Calder exhibition, Tate Modern, 12th March 2016

Sunday afternoon, Victoria line, 21st February 2016

  The lady on left seemed to be very tired and was asleep with her head on a cushion until her friend (her mum?) woke her up at Victoria station. I was fascinated by her clothes and shopping trolley. The two younger women, speaking in French, sounded very excited. Medium: Digital drawing […]

Sunday afternoon, Victoria line, 21st February 2016

Cake and tears, District line, 30th January 2016

Cake, tears and tiredness. Another Saturday evening. It was a Saturday and a long journey on the District line for me between two birthday celebrations: a late one for myself and another for a friend. Some people seemed to be going to parties, others partied out and the most unfortunate […]

Cake and tears, District line, 30th January 2016

Grant Thornton House and Euston station, London, 5th February 2016 (Drawing 605)

Euston, you only look good at night.   Euston is an ugly station, but at night it’s transformed. The office blocks that surround it become less monolithic in the dark, before the office lights are switched off; the silhouette of office furniture and the blinds break up the rectangles of lights from […]

Euston Square, London, 5th February 2016

Federation Coffee, Brixton Market, London, Thursday 28th January 2016 (Drawing 601)

I got a seat!   A cold struck me and I stayed at home to recover. By the end of the day I wanted to be outdoors and popped out to get some good-tasting medicine, coffee. It’s packed at the weekend, but late afternoon on a Thursday finds the popular Federation […]

Federation Coffee, Brixton, London, 28th January 2016

7pm Monday, Oxford Circus to Brixton stations, Victoria line, London, 11th January 2016 (Drawing 598)

R.I.P. I heard early in the morning the sad news from friends. By the time I finished work and on my way home, news of David Bowie’s death was everywhere, and sites near or across Brixton became gathering places for Bowie fans. Medium: Digital drawing created on an iPhone 6 and using […]

David Bowie, Victoria line, 11th January 2016

Atlantic Road, Brixton, London, 10th January 2016

Medium: Digital drawing created on an iPad and using Procreate app Drawn: 11th – 12th January 2016

Atlantic Road, Brixton, London, 10th January 2016

Christmas gifs, Tuesday afternoon, Victoria line, London, 15th December 2015

Time for less commuting and for more eating and gift giving. In the run up to the Christmas holidays, there was a noticeable increase in the appearance of wrapped gifts, large shopping bags and rolls of wrapping paper on show. Like most people around me, the focus of my growing […]

Christmas gifts, Victoria line, 15th December 2015

4.30pm Saturday afternoon, Victoria to Elm Park stations, District line, London, 28th November 2015 (Drawing 577)

I admire anyone able to bring a pram on to the Tube. It was going to be a long journey to visit a friend in east London. From the portion of my journey that encompassed Victoria to Whitechapel, in front of me were a very happy couple with a pram […]

Pram, District line, 28th November 2015

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