Demolition and construction : a journal in sketches

Today; demolition evolves into construction, the site is still being cleared  but a drill is being used for foundations;
below are a series of onsite sketches as I've observed the demolition of an old ship building unit to make way for a new unit manufacturing pipes and high tec equipment for the marine industry. The sketches are brush pens, sketch pens and markers on A4 pad

A time to break down and a time to build up

Series of sketches done at a demolition site Trafalgar wharf, just outside Portsmouth, Uk. I start with this the last in the series, because of the conversation with the guy on the right, "I'm normally working in construction rather than demolition, but this makes a change for me:
"everything has a time.......
a time to break down and a time to build up........
a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones together"
Ecclesiastes, chp 3

Summertime cricket and it's looking good for England against New Zealand in the Test match

it was actually a very grey afternoon as I cycled past this local cricket match, watercolour  11ins x7ins on NOT 140lb.
it was based on very hurried pen and brush pen sketch in moleskin pad when I got  home

2 views of St Mary's church, Portchester, UK

original sketch: St Mary's Church Portchester; days of strong winds; brush pen and fine liner in moleskin journal

the second was done in comfort indoors; watercolour on coldpressed 300g/m2

for those interested in church history and architecture: St Mary's is a classic Norman church built 1133 for the monastic community which located in the grounds of Portchester castle. The community moved out twenty years later; the church over the centuries lost its south transept hence the odd shape, and the original chancel removed and replaced by a much smaller one

quick drawings to hone life drawing skills; each one minute with sketch pen

post card size art

bus traveller: watercolour

making the point in a sermon: ink

tug boat respray :ink

marina shapes at low tide: watercolour

More boatyard lines from my Moleskin Moments journal; fine liners