And so here are the drawings I did on the London sketchcrawl. I started off by doing a quick sketch outside Temple station before everyone turned up; I must admit I was pretty nervous about the day!
After everybody had dispersed to sketch this and that, I sat by the Thames catching up with my cousins and drawing the view from the Embankment. The big pointy building in the distance is the Shard, Europe’s brand-new tallest building, ingeniously designed to burst any incoming alien balloon. That’ll show ’em.
Here are a couple of sketches I did after that, the one on the right being up a quiet street in the Temple, and the other being on the less quiet Fleet Street, the Prince Henry Room. The gateway around it is actually a feature of the building, around the gate which on weekdays is open and leads to Temple Church, but on this day was shut to the public. I really should have known. So I sketched the building itself in my beloved brown pen. The London 2012 stamp is one I picked up at Paperchase.
This one above, a smaller quicker sketch of the famous view down Fleet Street, was done at the end of the ‘crawl on the way down to the meeting point. My scanner broke before I could scan it however so I can only post the photo.
And this last one, this was of the Cheshire Cheese pub – no, not that one, a different one on Milford Lane near the Temple. When I heard about it I just had to draw it. Old pub drawing – check. It took a bit of a while, about an hour and a half, and I had to add the colour later on, but it was a fun one to draw.
That really was a great sketchcrawl. I still have plenty more London (and Paris) sketches to post…I just need to get a new scanner!
These are fantastic sketches! I love London and will be there for a few days in June. Maybe I’ll try a few of these as well! Really well done.
Thanks! Hope the weather is good for you to sketch in
You’re welcome..yes I hope so too!
Brilliant drawings, a sketcher after my own heart no doubt. I love the colours in the phone box one but the detail in the Cheese Pub is outstanding. Nice one.
Cheers!
We had a drawing event here in Vancouver last weekend, after a month of Daily Drawings. I almost thought you had moved back to London, but now realize you were just there on a visit. Looks great from your sketches. Inspiring as always.
Very nice sketches. Been watching London photos during the Olympics, too, and am starting to save for a trip in a couple of years.