Mediterranean weather, south London location… Does it look a bit like I’m in the Mediterranean? Despite the blue skies, it’s south London! This view, from the kitchen of my rented flat, looked spectacular for a brief moment in the sun as I worked from home. The kitchen window has a […]
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Drawings of sunsets are hardly original, but it’s mine and I enjoyed creating it. This is my first drawing of my new neighbourhood, Brockley in south London. It took two months to draw. It’s an iPad drawing of New Cross Gate station, which is just a few minutes walk away […]
This takeaway with its lovely neon lights shone out on a wet lockdown evening. In my drawing I hope I’ve captured the visual allure of this corner of south London. 19-second video of the drawing being created: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wilson Yau (@mrwilsonyau) Medium: […]
Life even during in the depths of lockdown. It took four months to draw this, but I’m so glad I did it. This drawing is of Electric Avenue in Brixton on a wet winter evening, a road I walk most days. Even in the depths of latest lockdown (the UK’s third) […]
Not quite Edward Hopper, but very much Brixton. Brixton Market along world-famous Electric Avenue is full of life, even during the UK’s third Covid-19 lockdown. The mood changes throughout the day and on one early evening the light coming from the fruit stalls looked quite beautiful. The market has a […]
iPad drawings capturing the changing seasons in my local park in London. September Nature in 2020 continued to be important after the first UK lockdown, when green spaces provided refuge from the uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic. When I returned to London after shielding with family, I reacquainted myself […]
People are what make Brixton an amazing place. It’s good to be back. The people in my picture I spotted outside Brixton Underground station over the course of two months. This drawing was started two days after I returned to Brixton, after having spent five months shielding in Birmingham. I […]
A place to rest… My first Tube drawing of 2020 was started on my return to work from my long Christmas/New Year break. I was struck by the sight of a man meditating, in the midst of the rush-hour crowds he seemed so calm. Around me, were people watching their […]
The carnival continues underground. This one took a long time to draw, I just had other things to do and there was never enough commute time! But I had fond memories of this journey. I hadn’t realised the carnival was on, as I was out of London and visiting friends […]
Even in summer, a breeze may not be a relief on the Tube... This one is of a Tube journey when there was a bit of a breeze through the carriage as the train moved. Sadly, despite its strength, the wind is never particularly cooling when the Tube is already […]
Just another morning commute… It was a busy morning and there was plenty of activity in my carriage. The person next to me was playing Candy Crush game on their mobile, I’m guessing to everyone else I must have been doing the same on my phone – but no, I […]
There was a lot of fabric. I had to draw this in reverse, as the woman on the right of this was sat next to me. She had surprised me by pulling out of a bag a huge length of fabric, possibly old curtains, and I think she was picking […]
They weren’t always arguing, sometimes they didn’t talk… I only use the Central line occasionally, that time the Tube got me to a friend’s house and not to work! This drawing is mainly two journeys combined into one, both from the same line that evening, with the second trip covering my […]
I’ve seen bigger plants being carried on the Underground… The woman carrying the pot of peace lilies caught my eye whilst I was returning home in the evening on the Victoria line. It’s always quite a risk carrying delicate plants on the crowded underground, but I’ve seen people skillfully transport […]
I didn’t go to the festival, but I was hearing all about it… It was a long and entertaining journey from a house party near Elm Park back to Brixton. On the District line, I ended up on the same carriage as a lot of people coming from a music festival in […]
So many things one can do with a digital device. I wasn’t going to or from work on this Tube journey, for a change, I was heading to a paaaaarty! In this carriage, I spotted people using their smartphones or tablet for many things. Obviously, I was drawing; other people […]
The morning I got food envy… The dad in this picture was asking his young daughter: “Are you still hungry, had enough?”. As she was eating, he explained the meaning of the colours of the lines o the Tube map, especially “the green and yellow ones”. This scene is not very […]
Combining the gym with commuting. Multitasking, London style. I went in earlier than usual to work that day. When I boarded the Tube carriage, I spotted a middle-aged man doing several pull-ups before the train left the station. Over the course of seven weeks, made up of at least […]
It’s not just about having steady hands, it’s a skill! With a steady hand and good coordination, this woman managed to apply blusher on her cheeks as the train moved between Brixton and Oxford Circus stations. It was crowded during the morning rush hour, but I spotted her in a gap […]
The Thames can look magical, sometimes. It only takes a sunset to transform the Thames, elevating it from more than the muddy-looking stretch of water it often resembles. Add to that the warm weather and its banks seem like possibly the best place in the world, at least until it gets […]