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 […]
Yearly archives: 2020
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YouTube video: The Big Draw in conversation with Wilson Yau, RIBA On 24th June 2020, I had a fantastic conversation with The Big Draw Director, Kate Mason, about drawing, what its means to me and about my work. Using architecture as inspiration, I also demonstrated new ways to draw using basic […]
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 The atmosphere in London was so different; its usual energy had been replaced by a sense of uncertainty.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 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 […]
A place to discover a cheap meal and more about coaches. Love fry ups, love coaches? Then you’ll enjoy this place. Next to Birmingham’s main coach station is Chris’s Cafe, in Digbeth. Inside this friendly cafe, the walls are covered in jauntily positioned framed photos of different buses, and […]
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 […]
A good place to think. Becoming lost in melancholic thoughts under harsh lighting whilst sitting on a fixed plastic seat – it’s one of the early morning pleasures of sitting alone in a perfect greasy spoon with old-fashioned prices. Inside the famous Brixton Market is Express Cafe, very close to where I […]