Sussex Heights


Where it all happens. Apart from today.


Evening sun after icy rain. Worth the numb hands!

If sketching were a holiday, Urban Sketching would be like like wild camping.
Today, thanks to lockdown I’ve ‘upgraded’ to the 5 star luxury of painting at home. No moving targets, no changing light, warm, comfortable… yet uncomfortably decadent.


Q: How long does it take an octogenarian to get the vaccine?
A: As long as it takes to do 2 sketches!
Vaccination day at Brighton Racecourse.


Walking while sketching is hard enough when surrounded by sea walls.
But you know you’re addicted if you do it on a cliff edge.
Do not try this! Stay safe. Keep moving. Find sanity where you can.



1600 years old and still standing – with a little help!

After an hour standing in the cold, I might need a little shoring up too…

Blustery morning on Hove seafront.

Dragons AND buses at Harry Potter Warner Bros Tour, London.

Bikes here, bikes there, bikes blooming everywhere!
