The Sailmakers Arms

A couple of live sketches from an open mic gig at this pub in Hull city centre.

 

 

Aldeburgh South Lookout

Spotted this place when wandering around getting my bearings in the town.  I guess the clue is in the title - it was a lookout for boats but is now used as a art gallery. 

Picture was going well until I committed the cardinal sin of trying to continue the sky on the left hand side.  Lets just say they are hills in that case.

Colts v widmer

 

Dowley dynamos colts v Widmer end.  A great day out with lots of energetic children chasing after the ball.

Legolas

Just a copy of a great piece of artwork in a Lord of the Rings book of my daughter's.  I really like this one esp the face.

Antoine Lavoisier - Father of modern chemistry

This chap is by all accounts the father of modern chemistry.  He also had the misfortune of being on the wrong side of the French Revolution and was sent to the guillotine!  I did wonder whether he was thinking about science or his fate whilst doing this.

The sketch was live at the Scottish National Gallery and the watercolour when I had a bit more time.

Later edit - just learned a bit more about Lavoisier.  He's credited as being the one to correctly identify oxygen as an element and end the given wisdom that since Greek times maintained that the universe contained 4 elements - Earth, Water, Fire and Air.

Saint Paul's and St George's Episcopal Church

This church was opposite the hotel we were staying in.  I thought I would pop in on the Sunday and they were practising for the evening service.  They were actually very good.  They offered me an evening meal but we already had plans - a very nice group of people. 

Jamie the hearing dog

Put this together on the last night Jamie the hearing dog stayed with us.  Struggled a bit with Michael's skin colour.

Sleeping sunbather

We caught Michael sleeping with a pair of sunglasses on.  It was done in 2012, but I never got round to posting till now.

Mikey moo

Dashed this one out and it's the first one that doesn't make Michael look like he is 90 years old.

Choir practice

Did this one some time ago with watercolour pencils.  I no longer use these as they are very unpredictable and can't be layered.