Robin’s Walk

This drawing is from an image taken by my friend Robin. I hope I’ve done his image justice. The walk is above the River Severn quite close to Gloucester. From the top of this hill is a view down to the Severn and over to the Boat at Ashleworth. The Boat being a pub right by the River, which is frequently flooded, so it is then the Boat in the river. The walk starts at the Red Lion at Wainlodes, just a little further down river. It’s a lovely walk, try it if you can. If you look carefully at … Continue reading Robin’s Walk

French Still.

Now you might think this is a reference to my wish that we were still members of the European Community, which is my wish but that aside it’s about this drawing. This van and the detritus around was located in the south West of France, and I spotted it whilst on a short walk in the area. It’s a farm and the van looked like it was pitted with rust and there were large containers and lots of pipework on the back of the van as well as in the buildings. Spotting the farmer wandering across his yard with his … Continue reading French Still.

Resolutions

Number 1 in this year’s New Year’s resolutions is not to make any resolutions. So there we are, that’s that taken care of and we can just get on with it. Whatever ‘it’ might be. I’ve been doing a lot of drawing in the various lockdown incarcerations and if you are foolhardy enough to visit me here then you are likely to see quite a few of them. After all, what’s the point in it if you don’t show people. For those of you who are curious about how I put them together then here’s what I do. I take … Continue reading Resolutions

Random Twinkle

It’s that time of year when you put out a few lights to make the place look marginally less grey and depressing. We have a set of those lights and looking at the instructions there are multiple choices of light display. Tonight I’ve put ours on “Random Twinkle”. We could all do with more random twinkle. Here’s a little video from some time ago, with my friend Robin adding the little song. Great to see the leaves coming down in these beautiful beech woods in Gloucestershire, they drop with almost a random twinkle. Continue reading Random Twinkle