Sunday 5 March 2017

Along the Kingston-upon-Thames waterfront

Occasionally I sketch on a saturday morning with a local group on SW London who this week chose the Kingston-upon-Thames waterfront.  Kingston has gone through some remarkable changes in the last decade or two.  One being the walk upstream of the bridge now almost entirely cafe society, with its alley links through to the Market Place.  Leaving aside any social considerations of which the range will be wide it is a successful built regeneration.  Too cold for the traditional view along to the bridge and boats I sat with a coffee or two and painted through the window enjoying (if not achieving accuratly) the framing and perspective.


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Thursday 2 March 2017

A day out at the Barbican


A big thank you to Olga Mackness for organising last week’s sketchcrawl at the Barbican.  There was a fantastic turnout again and I’ve posted a few snaps of some of the sketches below.  If you came along on Saturday, please share your work on the Facebook page or on Flickr, if you haven’t done already, as it is great to see the wide range of styles and subjects.  Also, if you post on Twitter or Instagram, use the hashtag #urbansketchers, so that more people can see your work.

Conservatory view by Daniel
Watercolour by Diane
Sketch by Paul
Sketch by Joe
Watercolour by Dionisa
Acrylic ink study by Philip
Sketch by Helen
Next sketchcrawl is Saturday 25th March in the deep south at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill.
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