Summer in the Barbican

People relaxing and enjoying sun in the garden of the Baribcan Estate, on one of the few good days we have had this summer.

I like to travel on Eurostar

Some sketches from a recent trip to the Netherlands....

Travelling in style on the Eurostar - more pleasant than flying.

M&S Belgian Lager! I don't usually buy supermarket brand beer, but I wanted some beer to take on the train and it was the only beer I could buy at St Pancras Station. Seemed appropriate as we were travelling to Amsterdam via Belgium!  Tasted pretty good too.


Sketching the view and drinking a cold beer in the sun in the Jordaan - I love Amsterdam.

 
Mallootje taking a nap, he's an old dog.

Let's Draw London

I took part in the 'Let's Draw London' sketching meetup on 26 May organised by Pete Scully. It was a  beautifully sunny day and there was a really good turnout.  Great to meet other sketchers and most enjoyable.


People gathering at the starting point - Temple Underground station.


A selection of sketches at the mid way point.


One of my sketches - The George pub on Fleet Street opposite the Royal Courts of Justice.


And another - This building is on Devereux Court, one of the lanes off Fleet Street opposite the Royal Courts of Justice.

The Royal Exchange

One of the fancy lamp posts outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London. A lady enjoying the sun in the background.

The Monument

'The Monument' - City of London, built (between 1671 and 1677) to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the City.

Trying out new landscape pad, in vertical position.  Scale all wrong - top and bottom cut off.

City view

I sat in this position to draw 'The Monument' which did not turn out well, as I got the scale all wrong and it didn't fit on the page. Turned slightly to the right and drew this view which isn't so bad.
View towards the Gherkin from the top of King William Street. City of London.

People needed!

 
My sketches lack people - practising drawing people at the British Museum.

The Sculpture Show

 

I visited Edinburgh recently.  I really enjoyed 'The Sculpture Show' exhibition which is on at the moment at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.  It rained most of the time.

Luardos

Luardos

Wandered down Whitecross Street today in my lunch break and did this quick sketch of Luardos Mexican food van (I added the colour later). I've not eaten here but it looks good and was busy. There is a very good coffee stall in the small park just off Whitecross Street - Giddyup Coffee. Well worth checking out.

35th World Wide SketchCrawl - London

Yesterday I met up with some friendly and very talented people in central London to takepart in the 35th World Wide SketchCrawl. We started at the British Museum and ended at the Barbican, stopping at Russell Square, the Brunswick Centre and Smithfield Market in between. Great day sketching. Here are some of my sketches. I added the colour later at home, either digitally or watercolour.

British Museum - our starting point

Nathan sketching at the British Museum




Smithfield car park



The Renoir at the Brunswick Centre




Strada at the Brunswick Centre