watercolour and pen in book; scribbled on the steps of the royal courts of justice, the rain spitting down on me, i have managed to evict all signs of life from the scene (except that one guy but he was just in the way). This abstract image for the uninitiated is where Strand meets Fleet Street, probably my favourite spot in the whole of London, speaking as a former tour guide who didn't mind being stuck in traffic here (but hated it on bayswater bleeding road). These are the last of the sketches i made in London in the new black-velvet-covered whsmith sketchbook, it'll be back to dull old davis and interesting old san francisco after this. What are they these sketches, well they're like deciding to sit and look at something with eyes and ink rather than lens and pixel, they are interpretations of the world into a language that i speak to myself, they are little pockets of my own memory. Soemtimes they work, sometimes they don't, but they speak the same way, just at different speeds. "Dead Life". I think. Pete's still jetlagged. Anyway below, two types of pen bought at the london graphic centre, and this is nearby at Seven Dials. I love Seven dials don't you mate? Not 'arf mate, it's the best in between six-and-eight dials there is mate.
let's all go down the strand (have a banana)
5.1.07 06:12
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Roshan (5.1.07 10:27) Was just looking at that top pic. Who do you think you are, Quentin Blake? Next thing you'll be doing the illustrations for the sequel to Fantastic Mr Fox!!  )
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Roshan (5.1.07 10:28) By the way, it's really good! Don't know what that silly yawning face thingy above is about 
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petescully (5.1.07 16:16) Is there one of those faces for 'round-round'? funny enough i was thinking about roald dahl after i did it. But i kept thinking quinton fortune. |
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King Crow / Website (5.1.07 21:50) The 7-Dials picture is great. It's great to see London through somebody else's eyes. The Paranoid Pigeon is coming 12.01.07. |
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Strandman / Website (6.1.07 22:52) Glad you coming down Strand! Great pictures as always |
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