Graphite Fine Art
My Gran was 100 yesterday. Up until a few years ago she would come with us each year when we went to France. She would always sit on this seat outside the house and watch her great grandchildren play football or soak their dad in very one-sided water-fights. Even though she’s too frail to make…
Just a simple little pen drawing of the washing line on a boiling hot day on holiday in France. Copic Multiliners, Pink Pig sketchbook.
The Matina was launched in 1946 and could carry up to 170 000 bunches of bananas. My father-in-law served his apprenticeship on this ship. Tombow Mono 100 pencils, Clairefontaine Graf It 90g sketchbook
Palomino’s Blackwing pencils are a wonderful trio. The Blackwing is soft and dark and beautiful for sketching. The above sketch was drawn with one, as was this boat. I reviewed it here. The Blackwing 602 is the classic and is the hardest of the three, perfect for writing with but also a dab hand at…
If you’ve been following this site for any length of time you’ll know I’m a huge fan of handmade leather products, so when I was in Marrakech for my honeymoon I felt I had to visit the famous tanneries. Now, I must admit, I had got them confused with the even more famous tanneries in…