Vintage cameras

I have grown rather attached to old cameras as of late and have acquired a few recently whilst looking in charity shops and vintage fairs... such beautiful objects with real weight and substance. Here is our collection so far, more to follow i'm sure and they do work so will use some at some point too!
Painted these one evening inspired by beetroot juice (what first one is painted in) rest done using watercolours.

Dabbling in Watercolour

I've had a travel watercolour set for a while now but always been a bit unsure how to work with it, but after meeting fellow urban sketcher Lion Ren he really inspired me to get a decent waterbrush and start adding colour to my work. So here are some of my first pieces so far. Back at school I could never really get watercolours and went straight to oils but I now really appreciate them for the sheer speed and versatility. I will continue to experiment and see how I get on!

Long Live Southbank Anniversary Jam – Forty Years Later… 1 Year On

This weekend just gone I went along to this legendary skate spot to see the community jam to celebrate one year of the 'Long Live Southbank' campaign. It was a wonderful sunny day and the place was buzzing with hundreds of people seeing some great skateboarding and BMXing.

If you don't know of the campaign to save the Undercroft from redevelopment please see their website to learn more about the place and it's rich history: http://www.llsb.com/

I made these in-situ drawings during the day to capture the moment and met several people interested in what I was doing. The highlight being a Chinese chap who stood with me for at least 20 mins whilst I drew the skateboard graveyard from the Hungerford Bridge, he was fascinated by my detailed drawing of broken skateboards and said "you are beautiful" I think he was talking about the drawing however!

A walk to the garden centre

Really sunny today, so we took a walk to the nearby Alexandra Palace garden centre for a cup of tea on their roof terrace. We soaked up lots of sun whilst a nearby old couple fell asleep and birds circled us looking for crumbs!