Borough

Did this drawing near Borough Market. The row of houses was pretty run down, with peeling paint, and the people who were coming and going looked like they might actually have grown up in the area and been part of the local community. One old lady asked if it was easy to draw the houses and I said no it wasn't really. She was pretty friendly anyway. The first floor window is held open by one of those grip strengtheners with a spring and two handles you have to squeeze together.

My bike

A quick sketch of my bike I did while I was on the train.

Kingston marketplace

This is looking out from the Druid's Head / Hogshead (I think they're the same pub now) towards the marketplace. The guy collecting drinks said he liked the drawing which was encouraging.

Southbank

I love the area round Waterloo and the Southbank, I've spent a lot of time exploring there over the years. This is looking towards the station (behind the buildings), and I think the elevated walkway at the end of the road's the way through to Waterloo East.

View from the windows of the Festival Hall. Did this on two pieces of A4 and joined them together.

Looking over to Somerset House, a red bus crossing the bridge.

View East with a bit of the NT in the foreground.

Germany train journey

After Brussels I travelled onto Germany and visited Hamburg. The landscape in this part of Germany seems pretty flat, with lots of trees and fields.

This is the Speicherstadt, a big group of old warehouses, most of which seem to have survived the bombing of WWII 

I drew this looking out from Balzac Coffee, near the big Christmas Market. My main memories of this trip are coffee, Ritter Sport and beer, which can't be bad.

Brussels train journey

Brussels Trip

Here are a few sketches from a trip to Brussels on the Eurostar. Galerie Du Roi is an old fashioned covered shopping arcade, really nice design. I remember some expensive shops, all I bought was a lemonade.

The comic museum is full of all sorts of interesting comic related stuff, including original artworks, and also has a really good shop. Comics are really popular in Belgium and there are loads of titles in the shops in Brussels I'd never seen before, not to mention the great comic murals dotted around the city.

Teas and Coffees

Whenever I go for a tea or coffee I try to do a quick sketch (or maybe doing a quick sketch is an excuse to go for a coffee), here are some of my favourites from the last few years.

This one was in Paris

Progresso Coffee shop in Covent Garden

My shoes

This is an old drawing I did of my shoes. They lasted for ages, and I now have another pair of the same type.