Learning to Look 9 - Florence October 2010

Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

9  -  Florence

Three days in Florence at the end of October 

Bargello 22.10.10 - Fountain pen 

Pazzi Chapel 22.10.10  - Fountain pen

Pazzi Chapel 22.10.10  - Fountain pen 

Piazza Santissima Annunciata 23.10.10 - Watercolour 

Learning to Look 8 - Amsterdam October 2010

Drawing from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

8  -  Amsterdam

Three days in Amsterdam - too busy to draw.

Canalside sketch - Fountain pen 10 minutes 

Learning to Look 7 - Istanbul September 2010

Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

7  -  Istanbul

Flying over ‘Mitteleuropa' and the Danube (again) to an eastern edge of Europe and this City of ancient and less ancient sites. Fought over for most of its history but still very much here, many of its older parts remain 'undiscovered' beneath the modern city. Hagia Sophia, the most mysterious and wonderful of the mosques, not least because it was a church for 1000 years before becoming a mosque and, as it seems, the blueprint for mosque design since.

Haghia Sophia 23.9.10 - Fountain pen  10 minutes 

Sketch of an apse Haghia Sophia 23.9.10 - Fountain pen  10 minutes 

Archeological Museum  24.9.10 - Fountain pen 

Archeological Museum  24.9.10 - Wartercolour 

Sokulu Mehmed Pasa  23.9.10 - Fountain pen and wash 

Sokulu Mehmed Pasa  16th century jewel by the master Sinan,  lined with fabulous tiles and entered from a serene courtyard.

Haghia Sophia - 25.9.10  Watercolour  

A series of 2-3 minute pencil drawings all done from the Bosphorous Boat as we slid by

Bospherous Views  25.9.10 - Pencil

Yeni Mos  25.9.10 - Fountain pen 

Learning to Look 6 - Essex September 2010

Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

6  -  Blackwater Estuary - Essex

Five days sailing on the Blackwater Estuary, based at Bradwell. Wallking on the peninsular when the wind was too strong to sail  - Essex at its best.

Windblown clouds - moving at speed!

Cloud Study 13.9.10 - Watercolour 

Oyster 15.9.10 -  Watercolour

Bradwell Waterside 16.9.10 - Watercolour 

High winds producing amazing Constable skies and roaring rigging in Bradwell Marina. Also creating time to paint and draw. 

Bradwell Marina 15.9.10 - Watercolour  

St Peters Church Bradwell  14.9.10

St Peters Church (7th century) and the Cockle Spit at Bradwell.

Learning to Look 5 - Anglesey September 2010

Drawing from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

5  -  Anglesey

Three days walking the Anglesey Coastal Path in strong wind and sunshine with wild seas and seals in the bays. Troesy and the Afon Braint is quiet in contrast.

 

The Stone Bridge Afon Braint - Troesy 10.9.10 

Learning to Look 4 - London September 2010

Drawing from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

4  -  London

Drawing the bridges while in London. Surprisingly difficult subjects and not always beautiful!

Two sketches of Tower Bridge from the beach with the tide coming in fast, (Fountain pen, 10 minutes each). 

Hungerford Bridge 5.9.10 - Charcoal Pencil 

London Bridge and the Monument 6.9.10 - Watercolour 

Journal pages - Learning to draw trees in the National Gallery 

Black Poplar Peckham Rye 10.9.10 - Watercolour 

Black Poplar Peckham Rye 11.9.10 - Fountain pen 10 minutes

Black Poplar Peckham Rye 12-.9.10 - Watercolour  

Learning to Look 3 - France August 2010

Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

3  -  France

Driving across the northern French plain Chartres Cathedral towers above  the surrounding countryside and the town. Staying in a mad and wonderful hotel pressed up against the side of the Cathedral.  Arrived in time for the Son et Lumiere show of computerised projections and sound. Several swift drawings in the morning before heading south .

Hotel Parvis Chartres 18.8.10 - Fountain pen  

Chartes Cathedral 19.8.10 - Fountain pen and wash,  5 minutes 

Chartres West Front - 19.8.10 - Pencil 

The Garden at La Lumiere 21.8.10  -  Watercolour 45 minutes 

St Jalles  21.8.10  - pen and pencil

Faucon in evening light  22.8.10 - Fountain pen, 20 minutes

The Roman Bridge. Powerful stonework  beautifully worn by 2000 years of river floods but still there and carrying the old main road into Vaison.

Roman Bridge Vaison la Romaine 23.8.10 - Fountain pen 

The Roman Bridge Vaison la Romaine 23.8.10 - Pencil

Vaison Old Town 23.10.10 - Fountain pen 

Driving North from Provence through the Vercors

The mountains above Villars de Lans Vercours 25.8.10 - Watercolour 

Learning to Look 2 - Germany August 2010

Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.

2  -  Germany

Damson Tree Diessen am Ammersee 7.8.10 - Fountain pen 

Arriving in rain washed Bavaria after a 12 hour train ride through Slovenia and Austria. A spectacular alpine journey up through the mountains of Austria and entering Germany as the Alps recede.

 

Church at Chamerau 8.8.10 - Pencil, 20 minutes

The Regen, brown and a metre above normal levels making canoeing 'interesting'.  The river is wide and fast running between banks of Balsam. Several sightings of beavers along the way.

The Weir at Chamerau 8.8.10 - Pencil 

Untertraubenbach 9.8.10 - Watercolour 

Dicheling 10.8.10 - Watercolour 

The effect of the  beavers on the willow trees!