I’m at an age when a birthday cake creates a major fire hazard. I suppose one of those Asda caterpillar birthday logs might be safer than a speciality Dundee with brandy, but perhaps neither is worth the risk. So it’s no candles for me day. On top of this I haven’t drawn anything for well over a week, which is a bit bothersome, so am delving into the archives for suitable images for this week. Delving, lovely word. Reason for no drawings is that everything has been in cardboard boxes whilst we move just a mile or more up the … Continue reading It’s my fire hazard day…

…with colour. You may soon be able to buy prints of these from here. They will be under my other name Edward Davies hope you like them, I’ve certainly enjoyed doing them. This colour is added digitally for the interested. That sounds like a book title for nerds does it not? ” Digitally for the interested” an unlikely spy thriller about code breakers. Back soon with more. These babies were begat from this photo: and this old fashioned pen and ink drawing. #westwardho #summer #prints #drawing #penandink #silkscreen #yourenottryingtocallthisart #devon Continue reading Westward Ho! Revisited…

I’m a busy beee with a forthcoming house move, so hardly time to have a haircut. I’m reminded of the story of a gentleman asking how he would like his hair done, and the reply being ” In complete silence, please” Meanwhile back at the boxes… Continue reading Haircut Sir?

This is one of the photographs I’m using for creating a new series of prints. Believe it or not this is within about 20 minutes of the centre of Sheffield. For those of you who might be interested in the process. I whittle down a group of photos from my back catalogue and then the fun bit is doing the line drawing. The idea is to try and capture the essence of the place and then to add the colour later. Line drawing is done in indian ink and a dip pen on to a coated board. I’ve done these … Continue reading Yorkshire lane, int mud.

I don’t often post pictures of myself on this sort of thing but this is me and my chum Alan on a great day out in Ross on Wye. I’ve been retouched, but the less said about that the better, and it’s not why I’m laughing. You can see why I’d share it, we make each other laugh almost all the time. We used to share an office together and never a cross word was spoken in ten years or so, or since! Here’s what it looked like from the other way: Alan was, and is indeed, one of the … Continue reading A Grand Day out with my chum Alan

This is Painswick Church grounds and it is said to have 99 yew trees. They have tried in the past to plant another but it is said it always dies. Taken the other day, I was taken with the chap in the blue shirt and his bright red jacket, discarded in the bright September sunshine. There’s something about September sunshine that brings everything into sharp focus. Shadows are longer and deeper and the sun seems to pick out every detail. today has been exceptional, so I took a few pictures to pass it on. The ones that follow are all … Continue reading Blue Man Church and Mrs Thatcher.

I have a bit of a thing about names as evidenced in my series of drawings that you can see here: Apt names But in reality there are loads of people with the real thing. Like Mr Tyler who is just that, a tiler. I also came across this bit of religious vandalism near to Gloucester Cathedral the other day. Saint Opath must be the Patron Saint of Back Pain. The image of the grapes were taken locally in my friends garden earlier this month. A sign of a sunny summer that is having a last blast this week after two … Continue reading R Tyler, who art near heaven.

I’m a big follower of this blog: https://www.becomebetty.com/trader-joes-carrot-cake-spread/ I’m slightly addicted to Betty’s take on all the stuff she buys from Trader Joe’s which is a large supermarket chain in California ( and may be elswhere ). Looking at what our American cousins eat might give an insight into how they behave. They certainly are n’t short on creativity. In the case above they obvoiusly dropped a cake in the baking department and shovelled it into jars. No need to worry, I’m sure it was all in a controlled environment, though nuts might have been present. In fact that exactly … Continue reading Put that on your sandwich!

September evening on the plot, only me there. Complete peace and quiet. Perfect evening. Worth sharing. I’d rather be… #allotments #gardening #plottage #vegetables #sheds Continue reading Why I’d rather be…

Off I go for a haircut. One of those days where you think things might go well, but the signs are that all is not well. Subdued barber, lady barber that is, she obviously thought she’d rather be doing something else than mowing my head. Very pleasant, but not a lot of “connection”. The usual opener ” Got a lot on today?” I suppose it’s better than the dentist in that their questions and what I call “dental gibbering” can rarely be answered when they have all thier metalwork and suction pumps in the answer box. Then a thought occured, … Continue reading I’d rather be…

It’s the only place I know in the UK with an exclamation mark in the name. As part of my series of ‘proper drawings’ this is just one of a big series drawings. This is the original and is from this photograph taken some years ago. It would lend itself to one of those Cohen brother films as a poster. I only ever did one poster for cinema and that was when the props ( a house ) were more important to the director than the then leading actor who was Tom Hanks! A very long time ago. The job … Continue reading Westward Ho! At a cinema near you soon.

  Everyone knows that the tea fields of Yorkshire are just outside Barnsley in a secret location. Here you will find repurposed mine workers earning an honest living picking the tea at night ably assisted by cloth headed women with a leg in each corner. Flavour is enhanced by night picking. It’s as likely as coffee from Italy, there is none. So when they call it Yorkshire Tea it’s bending the truth. Makes a good brew though. #yorkshire #tea #barsnley #teabags #brew #marketingbollocks     Continue reading Yorkshire Tea, it’s tea but it’s not from Yorkshire.