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I painted two postcards and mailed them to nobody.
Watercolours, both 10cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

An old bloke on the beach at Budleigh...a town filled with old blokes.
Watercolour 15cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

I saw this long white galgo in the park the other day. It resembled a sketch I drew earlier.
Pencil and brushpen on newsprint with collage. Click to enlarge.

Some people are sufficiently thick-skinned to not mind being drawn by me. Some masochists even enjoy it.
Brushpen on cartridge paper. A5 size. Click to enlarge.

A scale drawing of three losers.
Pen and wash. 14cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

A portrait of Omar Jamarillo, a Sicilian fella.
Artrage 3. Click to enlarge.

A biddy in a London cafe.
Watercolour 16cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

Two swift watercolour sketches in London cafés.
Watercolour. 19cm x 14cm each. Click to enlarge.

A bearded guy in a London cafe.
Sepia watercolour 13cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

All the pond swimming is getting to my brain.
Pen and wash 13cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

I think Beefheart's Hair Pie Bake 2 has certainly stood the test of time.
Pen and ink with watercolour 14cm x 12 cm. Click to enlarge.

Another couple painted in a London cafe.
Watercolour 19cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

Two downcast people sketched in cafés.
Watercolour 12cm x 9cm and brushpens 8cm x 6cm. Click to enlarge.

A couple in a cafe on Goodge St., London
Watercolour 15cm x 21cm. Click to enlarge.

The Gentleman's Sketching Klub Internationale de Londres met today on the steps of St.Paul's cathedral. Our esteemed leader chose the North Bank of the river to draw, but I preferred to do some people watching in and around the church. My first victim was a garrulous lady who was too busy chatting on the phone to notice me drawing her. I didn't intend to make her look 20 years older and it's probably just as well she didn't see it.

Nowadays you have to pay a large entry fee to look around the cathedral. Sod that. However there is a small chapel for quiet prayer and contemplation at no charge, so I took a pew and drew these guys praying. The chap near the pillar was the spitting image of Ricky Gervais. The insert is a blurred photo taken with my phone.

We met up in Paternoster Square for a sandwich and discussed the skills required to draw chickens.
Brushpens on A5 cartridge sketchbook. Click to enlarge.

More odds and ends from the café sketchbooks.
Watercolour, brushpen. Click to enlarge.

The Frog likes to sport a large Borsalino, which lends a bit of swagger to any situation. Unfortunately it looks ludicrous on me.
Watercolour on unsized paper. 15cm x 29cm. Click to enlarge.

I went on my first outing with the London Drawing Group yesterday. The location was a rather soggy Trafalgar Square and I worked from the shelter of the National Gallery portico. Our intrepid leader (shown above) actually managed to fit Nelson's Column onto the page, which is no mean feat. I'm afraid my scrappy little sketch was quite awful, but to be fair it's actually very difficult to draw perched on one leg whilst balancing a paintbox, sketchbook and water bottle in one hand, all the while trying to ignore the tourists peeking over my shoulder. I preferred drawing the people rushing about in the square and their reflections on the wet pavement.
Over lunch we discussed the merits of vodka as a painting medium, the shape of future teabags, and whether scepticism about cycle helmets is justified.
Pencil and watercolour approc 13cm x 11cm. Click to enlarge.

Then I saw her face
Now I'm a bulleaper
Sung to the tune of "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees
Brushpen with watercolour. 16cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

Some more thoughts on yesterday's post.
Japanese sumi ink 10cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

I'm always running out of screenwash, so I'm planning to trade in my old car for a trendy new water tower car. The passenger cabin is shown suspended on a cable between the wheels.
Watercolour 24cm x 68cm. Click to enlarge.

The model wore Doc Marten's "cherry reds"
Watercolour. Click to enlarge.

Some birds.
Pen and ink. 17cm x 18cm. Click to enlarge.

Another traditional English nursery rhyme that no one's heard of. However, Vivian de St. Vrain
has some interesting thoughts on the subject.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 17cm x 25cm. Click to enlarge.