Quick sketches while waiting
A couple of quick little sketches I drew while waiting around one day. The first was with a Kaweco Class Sport EF and Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same. The second with a Sailor Reglus and Diamine Ancient Copper.
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Winter Walk sketch
My son watching his sister and two of his cousins run off down the track on a cold January day. Tombow Mono 100 pencils in a Pink Pig sketchbook
Franklin-Christoph Replacement Nib (sketch)
I’ve always felt that you find out if a company is any good not when everything is going well but when something goes wrong. When I received my rather beautiful Franklin-Christoph M27 fountain pen last week, the extra-fine nib it came with just wasn’t quite right. The ink wasn’t flowing properly at all. After a…
Sketching my Gran
Here’s a sketch of my Gran, who is 99. This sketch is from her 97th birthday. When she was born, in Sheffield in 1914, Britain had just declared war on Germany; women didn’t have the vote; milk was delivered by horse and cart; no-one had a television and George V was king (and most people…
Watching Dr Who
There’s something magical about a programme that’s been going over 50 years and still has the same effect on children as it always has. I remember quite literally hiding behind the sofa when I was a child and 35 years later, here are my children and nephews fascinated and scared (but wanting more!) in equal…