Old Sketch book

I discovered an old sketch book the other day and so I thought I'd show a few images here. The first one is of a statue of some French general - can't for the life of me remember where it was but I was rather struck by the stance etc and so had to draw it.



The next one I remember I drew on a tram which resulted in the very shaky lines but quite pleasing all the same!



This final one was of a row of beach houses on Camber Sands. We stayed in one of these houses for a week's holiday and one morning I wondered down onto the beach and just stood and drew the view. The hoilday was ruined for me because, although the house was delightful, the burgar alarm kept going off on the first night and so I didn't sleep at all. Not a good start to the holiday.....

Welsh Rugby

I've been an avid follower of the current World Cup in New Zealand and have been very impressed with the new players in the Wales squad. The captain, number 8 Sam Warburton, has been immense in this tournament and he and the whole squad have won a lot of respect from the Rugby-wise New Zealenders (not known for being easily impressed!). There's not a lot further to be said about Warburton's sending off in the semi-final and subsequent three week ban. Anyway, here's a quick caricature of him...



I couldn't resist having a crack at a caricature of the Wales defence coach and ex Rugby League supremo, Shaun Edwards, who seems to have instilled a tough defensive attitude amongst the squad. When asked if his attitude was too tough and that surely he wouldn't expect his boys to carry on if they were seriously injured he replied something along the lines of "Well, no, if they had a broken leg or something obvioulsy.....but I'd still expect them to get up and make the tackle!" That's the mind-set he's given them.....

Live stuff

I've been very busy lately and I actually remembered to take my camera to some daytime events and take some photos. Taking photos of these caricatures is quite a good way of seeing how good (or not) the caricatures are - you can't tell at the time so it's useful to look at the photos a few days later....