Friargate Derby 27 09 2018. Graphite pencil on cartridge paper, 19 x 29 cm. A soft pencil has revealed the texture of the paper to give the effects of foliage and the shadows. The clothing of the woman walking towards us conveys a moment of the warm autumn afternoon.Greenside Church Edinburgh 14 05 18. Soluble ink pen and wash on cartridge paper 20 x 19 cm. View onto Blenheim Place from Leith Walk/London Road junction. For this technique a Pentel brush with water filled reservoir in the handle was used to diffuse the soluble ink and achieve the tonal values.Washington Square, New York 14 04 2024. Carbon pencil on cartridge paper 25 x 24 cm. Sketched on location, interrupted by showers during which the Sunday jazz band took shelter under trees.
Ledbury 11 05 2013, Effect of Rain. Charcoal pencil on tinted paper heightened with white pastel, 38 x 26 cm. View towards High Street, sketched beneath the jettied first floor of the Prince of Wales Inn, using white pastel to highlight the glistening effect of rain on the buildings and path.
