Snow Drop Inn, Lewes
Arrived early to meet friends for a Sunday roast (legendary… ssh, don’t tell everyone!) and had some time to sit in the sun and scribble.
Scrumped Apples
Scrumped these apples in Youlgreave, Derbyshire. Apple trees everywhere and apples just falling and rotting.
There was an apple pressing session in the Village Hall. Prerequisite old dears in chairs around the edge, having a natter whilst the apples were being hand pressed.
The queue of people with bags and boxes of windfalls got bigger. The pressing was slow business. There were two apple pies in slices for donation. Perplexingly, there was just half a cup of fresh apple juice for donation too. It was delicious, but there should have been more! We were surrounded by hundreds of apples.
I met the man who planted the apple trees I’d taken these from. He planted them 40 years ago. They were not in his garden, but he was delighted the apples would not go to waste.
Image is A3, drawn in Prismacolor pencils.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Reading, on the train from Nottingham to Brighton.
Mid-sketch, the train cleaner, Tracy stops to look and have a chat. We share some recipes, including a secret trick for Yorkshire puddings.
Yes, that’s a sliced loaf under the hat.
Chip Eagle
Chip Eagle
Capsicum Anuum Frixum Aquilae
Contrary to popular belief, Chip Eagles prefer worms. If you see one in a field, look at its feet. It is probably worm charming by stomping the ground. It looks like Irish step dancing.
Ziggy
I recently accepted commissions in a drawing challenge to create portraits for £30, and completed 5 in one day. These are black & white sketches, necessarily made with a quick technique.
This is Ziggy, a lovely lurcher dog who recently passed away.
Bookshelf
Commission for a literary website.
Happy Birthday
For a man with a moustache…
Moka
Acrylic on LP cover cardboard.