I was sitting on a train when a striking woman walked and sat down. I started a to draw, picking up the obvious things first. Two stops later she got off. I should have finished the picture off later as I had made enough of a mental note. but for some reason that didn’t happen and…… Continue reading Out of time
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The conversation
They were talking when I arrived. I didn’t know how long they had been there but the conversation seemed intense. Iraq? Haiti? Her new coat? I couldn’t tell and didn’t really need to know.
Urbanation: Words and phrases from the world of Hip-hop
I’m always looking out for interesting slang words and phrases from all over the world. So I’ll be happy to accept comments containing new ones for me to illustrate. Keep it clean, though, this is a family blog.
Bus 153 from Finsbury Park To Liverpool Street
It wasn’t that cold. Not really. No one had clouds of breath coming out of their noses when they breathed. No one blew into their clenched fists. For winter, it was actually a fair morning. Why doesn’t every person have the same tolerance of cold, or hot temperatures? No one else noticed and I’d thought myself into a…… Continue reading Bus 153 from Finsbury Park To Liverpool Street
The back end of January
I was on a bus behind this man. The bus broke down. Nobody wanted to get off because it was quite cold outside but it was inevitable. Someone muttered, “Bloody January!” As I concentrated on the drawing, my subject got up and left. Besides this image, I was left with the muttered comment replaying itself…… Continue reading The back end of January
The last January snow… or did I speak too soon?
Pitfield St, Hackney, London,England was all covered in snow and ice a couple of days after the snow stopped falling. While it wasn’t the worst or heaviest snowfall in the world, it was an unusual couple of weeks, weather-wise, for most people in the United Kingdom.
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