So here we are and as per l’ve packed wooly socks and jummies for the Christmas festivities. It’s in the low seventies and the only thing being tested is the deoderant. The plan for me this time is to take loads of pictures of what I think are a great feature of LA life and that is the billboards or signs. They will take just about any available space to put up a massive sign, for almost anything, thinking nothing of erecting a load of scaffolding atop an apartment block to add to the advertising free for all. In addition … Continue reading Nutty weather

The Getty is on a hill overlooking LA. It’s worth a visit just for that but add in some stunning architecture and some equally stunning art and you have the makings of a great day out. It’s free to go in, you just pay for the parking. There are loads of amenities as well as loads of sculpture and art to suit all tastes. I have a liking for the impressionists and works from the 1800s. I was never a big fan of David’s work but this simple portrait is a stunner and comes with the added bonus of being … Continue reading If you do ever come here don’t miss this.

So here we are own a plan on our way to la la land and the delights of airline food beckon. There’s a choice between sausage and mash, chicken curry and a pasta.In the event there’s no chicken curry left, but the helpful flight attendant suggests that we she might have a premium dish ( exclusive to those who sit in rows of two not three as we are in economy ) might be available. The online ordering system seems to have broken so what we ordered was not. Giddy with excitement I plumped for the tortellini premium. I was … Continue reading The Road to La La Land.

Contrary to popular belief the Mug of the Year is not Teresa or Donald, it’s the Stroud Wassail Mug which has just been delivered to the fine Subcription Rooms in Stroud. Beautifully illustrated by Alison Merry and designed by my good self, they are there to celebrate the Stroud Wassail which is a medieval celebration taking place in January in Stroud. Find out more about the goings on that will occur right here:http://stroudwassail.com Unlike Teresa, Donald, and all that shower this lot will raise your spirits and we are likely to need that in January! Continue reading Stroud Wassail and the Mug of the Year.

So here we are with not long to go before another year is on us. A big thank you for all those people who took the trouble to follow and like what I do here. I decided to do some “proper drawings” as my dear Aunty Anne told me one time. Cartoons are proper drawings I muttered at the time and they gave me a living for many years. I’ve always been interested in more than cartoons. I’m keen on photography and other people’s work. Which is why I chose to start a small website a year ago http://www.looksgoodonthewall.com It’s … Continue reading Where are we?

This place is in Gloucester on the way to Kingsholm the home of Gloucester Rugby. Here one can purchase medieval fish and chips to warm the parts afore a game played by monsters of ye scrimmage and where on after a gentleman or maid may avail themselves of ale and porter at ye public house nearby. To make merrie if aforesaid monsters of rugbye have sallied forth victorious or to drown ye sorrows if, by mere happenstance, they are therein defeated. Continue reading Ye Take Away.

It only take one trip to a Supermarket for the viewer to notice: ‘Men who’s been let loose in a supermarket with a list’. ‘Don’t come home without those items on the list that we never buy at any other time of the year’ is the order ringing around the head. Sending them on days like these is a cruelty beyond reason. They are not used to supermarkets at the best of times rarely getting involved in the shopping during the rest of the year and getting it wrong on the odd occasions mid year when they are asked to … Continue reading Coming to a street near you…the male supermarket stare.

I’m sorry Sir but you’ll need to upgrade to a Wacom super Doopa model to be able to draw any more. You see you upgraded your operating system to Brexit 0.18 from Brexit 0.16, and with this new software you simply can’t operate properly. ” but the curser moves around the map quite easily, but won’t let me draw the line anywehere” The earlier operating system, which was originally Euro.74 took a while to develop and then was shelved when Brexit 0.16 came along. It seemed popular at the time but having been released it seems that .16 has loads … Continue reading Your pencil’s out of date…

A weekend of rugby on the telly, and am constantly amazed that they get to the end of a game in one piece. I used to play many years ago, generally very badly, a standard in all sports that I tried to maintian at all times, though I was really not that bad at table tennis. I thought I ought to carry on playing rugby even when I left school and turned out for a team in suburban North London, where they were desparate for players, so I was a shoe-in! I even carried on playing after breaking my jaw … Continue reading I’m glad I’m only watching.

I’ve not been doing a lot of drawing just recently. Events have rather got in the way, moving house being one of them. I’m gradually settling in to my new studio and hope to be back with pen in hand very soon. Like in this heady self portrait, I have views of trees. Thanks for dropping by. Continue reading Settling in…

and we are still adrift…. Continue reading This is where we started….