Mam Tor is a hill in the beautiful Peak District of Derbyshire. It’s known as the Shivering Mountain because it’s made up of very unstable layers of shale, which frequently slip. In fact these landslips have created in lots of little baby hills below: Mam Tor means Mother Hill. I started drawing this at the […]
I drew this two weeks ago, when I needed something to cheer myself up. I’ve always considered myself European and have enjoyed being part of a wider community. This is a light shining inside the old French farmhouse where I’ve enjoyed many holidays. Winsor and Newton Black Indian ink, Platinum Carbon Ink, Derwent Inktense watercolour […]
I bought some Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils a little while ago and tried them out properly for the first time with this picture. They really pop. I used my Platinum Carbon Pen (with Carbon Ink) for the lines and Winsor and Newton Black Indian ink watered down for the wash.
After literally months of trying I was finally able to get hold of a Nock Co Sinclair pen case. (I’ll review it in a few weeks but, spoiler: it’s pretty much perfect.) And what better place to try it out than by the beach on a rare sunny day?
Here’s a quick little sketch of windsurfers and kitesurfers out on a bumpy sea, one rainy day in Weymouth.