On yer bike!
Lycraphobes locked their doors today as the London to Brighton Bike Ride hit town.
Not even stopping to shake some Lycra in Bar Broadway.
Horsing around
I prepared for sketching at the Royal Windsor Horse Show this weekend with Monika Zagrobelna’s really helpful blog post on how to draw horses.
Capturing these gorgeous beauties from life is a very different matter, but I fixed my eye on the prize and let the pen ride the page.
The ones that look like big dogs are Shetland Ponies. The others I blame on the champagne.
The tea tent was a gentle trot in comparison!
It was all so exciting that I forgot to sketch the queen!
The festival starts here!
A gorgeous day for the start of the Brighton festival children’s parade which kicked off this weekend. Featured on the left are Patcham Junior School with Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe. Many headed to the beach afterwards – melted and exhausted!
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Plenty of us Brits coveting one of these right now!
Getting grumpier
On week three of my portraiture course I chose the challenging ‘head on’ view. Which is my excuse for why our cheery model looks so very miserable.
Ran out of time to fix that hand!
Thanks mum
Happy Mother’s Day!
This year my mum presented me with a selection of ‘art works’ I’ve given her over the years.
I’m very proud of the Brer Rabbit calendar, which even contains a word search!
War horses in the dark
Trying to draw a horse is tough at the best of times, but sketching in the dark at the superb National Theatre production of War horse at the Brighton Centre is on another level.
The staggering puppet horses are brought to life by three very talented operators. I confess I ‘cheated’ on the final sketch and did it from a photo at home.
A princely birthday
The urban sketchers are 10 years old this month. Today, in celebration, official groups around the world are sketching their cities, in a 24 hour ‘sketchwalk’.
Sadly there isn’t a group near Brighton, so I had my own, lone unofficial mini-crawl, starting in a damp Prince Albert Street.
I carried on the royal connection at George IV’s chinoiserie palace of debauchery, the Brighton Royal Pavilion.
The ice rink is back for the winter. I’m sure Prinny would have thoroughly approved!
Definitely not a mosque
Snow dogs by the Sea – Day six: finished at last
After 45 hours sketching on the streets and 40 miles of walking, my sketchathon finally ended today with Rose, at the Amex stadium.
One sketchbook, one Snowdog per page, no pencil, no second chances and an awful lot of coffee.
I’ve sketched all the Snowdogs by the Sea to raise money for Martlets Hospice and the Brighton Housing Trust. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. If you’ve enjoyed these sketches, you can still make a donation to Martlets Hospice or the Brighton Housing Trust.
12:20pm This one is for Stella
Not very good at selfies
A bit about the process…
Trusty sketching kit
Challenging line of sight
Left out in the cold
Thanks to Stella, Amelie, Isabelle and Mary for your inspirational enthusiasm!
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Snow dogs by the Sea – Day five: Remembrance Sunday
Day five: 9 hours of sketching and stalking Snowdogs.
Fourty-four dogs sketched, only one to go! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far.
If you’ve enjoyed these sketches, please do make a donation to Martlets Hospice or the Brighton Housing Trust.
8:15am An early start with Smart Vibes
9:30am Beautiful Bobby
11:15am True wonderment
12:50pm Very excited to meet Judith Berrill, creator of the fabulous ‘Horatio’ and ‘Patch’, whilst sketching Southdowns dog!
2:15pm Amazingly intricate Legal Beagle
3pm The Christmas Market huts are moved around me in a particular nightmarish way!
4:05pm An early finish as the evening sun sets on Merry-go-round
Many thanks to all the artists who gave their time to create these fabulous dogs. Please donate now! One more dog to go!
My justgiving fund raising pages are: Martlets Hospice & the Brighton Housing Trust.
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