Is there more to life than this? I hope so. I was on the Tube, on the way home from a brief date. What better way to take my mind away from my thoughts than to draw someone who looked absolutely exhausted. Was he a doctor? He got off at […]
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Even the snails are at it. It was not nice to be stopped early in the morning, as I left the house for work, to be confronted by a mass of slime and shells. A pair of snails were intimately attached to each other, but I didn’t have time to […]
A hangover is a good excuse to eat well. iPhone drawing After a very heavy weekend of drinking, I needed something more than two pieces of fruit on Monday morning. I left behind my healthy eating habits and treated myself to a giant full English breakfast, all washed down with […]
Read the sign, love! The sign is there, but people don’t read. This passenger was very tired and was asleep for the whole time I was on the train home. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 12th August 2013
I’ve never thought make-up could be entertaining. On a commute during a Thursday morning rush hour I was entertained for a few minutes watching someone apply make-up. It’s a skill to be able to apply cosmetics like lipstick either during stops at station or, more impressively, while the train is […]
A bit of colour is welcome on the Tube. The bright colours people were wearing on my commute to work were a welcome sight to greet me on the first day back after a long relaxing weekend. This scene lasted from Brixton until Victoria four stops later, when some of […]
Chicken bones on the street. Is this just a London thing? It never ceases to surprise me when I come across greasy chicken bones on the streets of London. I saw some next to a bus stop near where I live. It took me a month and a half to draw […]
A selfie. Sometimes, the Tube can be underused, and I experience the lonely luxury of having a whole carriage to myself. Saturday afternoon on my way to catch a Reading-bound train from Paddington was one such occassion, there was no-one else to draw but myself. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date […]
Londoners can be polite and friendly. The morning rush hour didn’t mean manners were forgotten, a pregnant woman was offered seats by several people, including myself. I do hear sad stories about heavily-pregnant women being left to stand on hot and long tube journeys, but not this time. London IS […]
The omnipresent celebrities and free newspapers. Either side of me I had the faces of celebrities staring back at me from free newspapers and magazines. I drew the sketch during the morning journey into work, and coloured and finished it on my way back home eight or so hours later. […]
An enjoyable exhibition, I recommend it. I enjoyed this exhibition, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, no matter what art critic Brian Sewell said in the Evening Standard. I spent quite a while in the galleries of Tate Britain, going back to certain paintings, and then to draw my own picture, […]
Was he a celebrity in disguise? Probably not. It was a sunny morning, but are sunglasses still necessary when using one of the deep lines of the underground network? He wasn’t blind. Medium: Digital drawing on iPhone Date drawn: 9th – 10th July 2013
iPhone drawing This store is always busy, or popular if you look at it another way. My receipt informed me: “Today you were served by Margaret”. Well, thanks, Margaret. For this drawing, I made a very rough sketch whilst in the queue. Much of the details came from a photograph […]
iPhone drawing Every newspaper was full of news of about Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon the previous day: Yesterday’s news, today! Most people had heard the news immediately through the internet, radio or television, and now newspapers get to mention it again. I’m not too keen on tennis, less so […]
iPhone drawing A warm evening after work, when I sat in Cavendish Square eating some sushi, along with the pigeons and other people, all beneath the shade of the huge London plane trees.
iPhone drawing London’s weather is unpredictable, though it is generally best to expect cold, cloudy or damp conditions. Everyone is in t-shirts (or less) once the sun comes out! These two guys looked very tired.
iPhone drawing A Saturday morning trip to catch a train to Manchester. It was early, but in context I was the most lively and awake person there. I wasn’t sure if my fellow traveller was drunk or just very tired.
iPhone drawing Getting on board Brixton, I usually get a seat, even during the morning rush hour. This time I had to stand, but it meant I could see what people were reading or what they were doing on their iPads. A lady was making a to-do-list for a trip […]
iPhone drawing The hissing sound when the seal is broken, releasing the smell of fresh coffee, is quite an occassion. It happens probably once a month and is a small, happy event. I’ll drink to that.
iPhone drawing Looking after kids must be hard. I don’t have any, so I can be glad that these ‘angels’ weren’t mine. What a mess.