Merry Christmas!
So full I could pop! Hope you are having a very merry Christmas.
At rest on Christmas Eve
Sometimes you just need to take time out.
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
Inktober 2017: day thirty one
For my last Inktober sketch, I wandered the residential streets of Brighton, hoping to sketch Halloween pumpkins in a doorway. Sadly it wasn’t possible without looking creepy, and not in a good way.
Pumpkinless myself, I was reduced to carving a Halloween papaya whilst watching the 1990’s TV mini-series of Stephen King’s ‘IT’. A true horror of everyday sexism.
Crimes against papaya
That Ketchup really came in handy over the last week!
I’ve really enjoyed participating in Jake Parker’s Inktober. It’s been a real challenge to produce and post something every day, as well as share work I’m not always happy with.
I’ve ruined a rucksack, a carpet and probably left unsightly stains all over Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
However, I’ve had a lovely set of supporters who have really kept me going, so thank you so much for your encouraging comments, views and likes!
I’m really looking forward to ditching the 3.5kg’s of ink bottles, pens and various sketchbooks I’ve carried everywhere this month. I’m going to be floating on air, with just one sketchbook, my tiny paint palette and a couple of pens!
Inktober 2017: day twenty nine
Storm clouds gathering over the i360 in Brighton.
Sketched to the tune of Sunday morning Brighton Pier classics by 10cc and Sophie Ellis-Bexter
Inktober 2017: day twenty eight
Get your halloween hats and neon tutus at Buttons and bows at the Brighton Open Market!
Inktober 2017 day twenty six
Séance, miniature halloween creepiness in a container, courtesy of the Brighton Dome. Intriguing!
Inktober 2017: day seven
I always find sketching inspiration at Caffé Nero in the Brighton Lanes. It’s a great people watching spot, so it was an obvious choice for today’s Inktober, urban sketch.
Tomorrow…the road to Las Vegas.
Caffe Nero today
Here’s a little Nero montage from the archives.
Black Lion Street from Nero 2012
Nero 2013
Nero 2016
Nero 2017
Black Lion Street from Nero 2017
Black Lion Steet from Nero 2017
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Inktober 2017: day five
Hanover is an area of Brighton and Hove known for it’s colourful houses and hilly streets. Short of time again today, I did the pen work for my Inktober sketch in a few minutes, whilst I waited for my fish and chips at the Cod Father.
The colour was added at home in about 10 minutes, shortly followed by an ink-saster all over the carpet! I’ll never leave the lid off an ink pot again. Still it was great to do a bit of brush work and it is a lovely shade of green!
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Inktober 2017: day four
Two quick urban sketches of the leaning tower of Patcham as sunset loomed.
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