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 […]
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Brixton at night can be magical… Brixton is alive both night and day but never in the same way; the people and the buildings themselves appear differently depending on the time. At night, the giant rainbow sign at the front of the Reliance Arcade is transformed when lit up. It’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
One last sketch. The atmosphere in London was so different; its usual energy had been replaced by a sense of uncertainty. Walking home to the Tube station that day, passing the sights and landmarks of one of the greatest cities on Earth, it was odd to see them mostly quiet. […]
A drink brings everyone together… At night, the Tube takes on a different atmosphere, it becomes more social when groups of people travel together. Few people are going to work, instead they’re jovially coming back or on their way to paaaaarty. I was coming home from Romford after a meal […]
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 […]
It’s a noisy and expensive city, but at least the spectacular sunsets are silent and free From the terrace on my roof I saw a spectacular sunset for a brief few minutes before it went dark. In the distance was the clock tower of Lambeth Town Hall, with its clock […]
Sometimes I have to remind myself London is a great city, despite the expense and insecure tenancies… This was unusual in that it’s drawn from a photograph, which I took earlier the same evening, rather than sketched onsite. The scene was spectacular, like from a painting by Monet. I wanted […]
If there really was a housing a crisis in London, we’d find people sleeping on the Tube… When it’s close to midnight, every Londoner has to make a decision on whether to get one of the last trains home or stay out and try one of the much slower night […]
It’s always a relief to get the last Tube home, whatever the state… Closing time for pubs and the last trains don’t coincide. No joined-up thinking, but if it was to exist it would benefit us all immensely. So after I finished drinking on a Saturday night (probably to make […]
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. […]
iPad drawings This is the view from my old bedroom at my parents’ house. It’s a fairly typical view of suburbia. A small amount of light can make minor elements more prominent at night. The drawings uses several layers, each layer holds certain elements and can have their settings like […]
iPad drawing This is a shop local to me. At night the sign and the way the light passes through wine bottles always attracts my attention. Watch the video (1.26mins) above to see how it was created, or just see the end result below.
iPad drawing This was my first drawing done at night. The full moon caught my eye as I returned home from a late night at the office.