Hungry on the Tube, why not bite your nails? Another journey from Brixton to Oxford Circus during the morning rush hour. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 14th – 19th March 2014
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It’s always busy outside Brixton underground station day or night. It’s extra busy outside the station when there’s a gig at the Brixton Academy, an event which attracts annoying and loud ticket touts and big groups of people from outside the area meeting up in the only place they know. […]
A chocolate bar in the morning? I prefer a fry up. Reading, eating and sleeping were the options available on this journey. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 19th February – 8th March 2014
Ever get that feeling that there are pets out there receiving more love than you and leading better lives? This was drawn almost entirely on the 14 journeys on public transport I took over seven days, mostly to and from work. The drawing is based on a sketch I made on […]
On the Tube, you’re not only sharing germs, air and space, but also the free newspapers and magazines. Another busy Tuesday morning on the Victoria line. Life on the Tube carries on, though with the odd clue about what’s happening on the surface – in this case it’s the umbrellas. I saw […]
I’ll be positive. I’m looking forward to the next two days of Tube strikes… There might be scenes like this when the Tube strikes begin from the evening of Tuesday 11th until the end of Thursday 13th February – or the opposite if everyone avoids the Tube. I sketched this on […]
Not having something to read made me the odd one out on the Tube… Not only is it interesting to see what people are reading, nothing particularly academic usually, it’s also fascinating to see the medium. There are newspapers, books, sometimes even print outs, but they were joined more recently […]
When using public transport, hold on to anything, as you’ll get no warning when that bus or train will suddenly stop. I was coming back with heavy luggage after spending the Christmas holidays in Birmingham, when I had to board a packed bus at Euston station during the rush-hour to return […]
Yes, carrying a giant teddy bear is normal, and no, I’m not looking. Of course, I shouldn’t react to someone carrying a large soft toy, but something like that does attract attention. I did my best to be British and sober about it; I ignored it and looked away. This drawing […]
Standing room only on a train and I get a view of someone’s scalp. It’s a beautiful world. Thursday evening on a packed train towards Herne Hill. I hold onto the handrail with my left hand and draw with great difficulty with only my right. Unusually, because of this hand […]
On the Tube, sometimes my view can be blocked by someone’s bum, newspaper or crotch. This claustrophobic scene is an indication of how overcrowded this metropolis gets sometimes. Sketched quickly on a Tube journey, much of the details of this interesting view was drawn afterwards when I returned home. Medium: Digital drawing […]
Winter has arrived in London. Coats and scarves are now essential until July! Sketched during the rush hour, over the course of a week I drew most of this on my subsequent journeys on the Tube. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 4th – 12th November 2013
After a long day at work, it’s nice to be heading home. A journey home on the new carriages on the Metropolitan line. Modern and clean – I can’t complain. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 31st October – 3rd October 2013 A video of the drawing being created:
It gets even more crowded at Victoria station. On a northbound Tube on the Victoria line during the morning rush hour there are seats available at Brixton, but after Stockwell – no chance. There’s space to stand comfortably until Victoria, when additional passengers squeeze in tightly. The scene I sketch is […]
No seats, no windows and standing next to the toilets. First Capital Connect trains make me feel so special in the mornings. I try to use the Tube as I normally get a seat, but today I chose the train and experienced the situation I like to avoid: standing all […]
I know what you’re feeling like, I’m tired too. On a train from Birmingham New Street station to Euston, during the journey I drew a man resting. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 21st October 2013
The wrong prices always go up: Energy prices soar 10.6% I normally try and avoid picking up the ubiquitous free papers, but during my journey home on a Thursday evening I began reading the headlines from someone else’s newspaper. There was no good news and that is why I normally […]
Popcorn, good enough for breakfast. It must have been 9am when I managed to get to the bus stop as the first part of my journey to work. I always wish I could get to work earlier, but there’s lots to do in the morning at home and I doubt […]
It can get very hot on the Tube, so always carry water – and a facecloth. It was on a Tuesday evening rush hour on the Victoria line after I finished work when, from Oxford Circus to Stockwell, opposite me sat a postman regularly mopping sweat from his face. I […]
Things to do on a bus: Draw, apply make-up and file one’s nails. Taking the number 196 bus from Herne Hill to Brixton, I sat at the back of the top deck, there I was able to observe a lot of different activities. One woman in front of me on […]