small A6 sketches done quickly before the moment passed

 

 

 

Going to school and going to work

 

 

 

 

car wash man Sainbury's car park

 

 

 

 

 

young man on bus (studies)

 

 

 

 

shoppers hurrying though cold wind ,buying for the Bank Holiday

Preserving old transport

It's strange how inspiration works, or doesn't! Yesterday I went out to paint a scene, which was ok,but..........it didn't really "float my boat" as they say. I turned around to come home and saw the scene below:

The old buses are being restored and used occasionally for nostalgia trips. The central one carried the number and colours of the route with which I was familiar as a boy. Then the horses moved into part of the picture providing a counterbalance (I've never drawn horses before); then the two men emerged from working on the buses. I really enjoyed working on this drawing: I hope you have equal enjoyment looking at it.

mental health unit closed

Tomorrow, May 19 is something of an anniversary for me: I started my work as a mental health chaplain on May 19, 1997. The unit in which I worked closed last year: today I sketched it

The Meadows: closed

bus journey to work yesterday

lots of folk to see, here are some I drew, sketched with sepia fineliner on A6 pad

4x4 parked up posted on urban sketchers

couldn't resist drawing this; no I'm not a petrol head!

cleaning the pool: urban sketchers

Waiting to get into the pool thismorning we had to wait whilst "things" were removed! watched with interest, particularly fascinated by the hairstyle of the closer youngman,  shaved on the side with what looked like dead animal on the top. Half anhour quickly sketched what I could remember.

3 sketches recording X4 bus trip to Portsmouth (UK)

 

 

 

The first is a pencil sketch of the bus terminal against the old prewar railawy signal box;

second a brief sketch of a passenger

the third is a man waiting for the bus (late)

o,, nearly forgot! there is a very small fourth added to the first, drawn on my concessionary ticket!