Andalusia sketches

train ride Seville - Granada (1)

train ride Seville - Granada (2)

train ride Seville - Granada (3)

train ride Seville - Granada (4)

train ride Seville - Granada (5)

Alcazar, Seville

Alcazar, Seville

Bellas Artes, Seville

Seville café

Provence, summer 2014

Italy in the sunshine

Here are a couple of watercolours from my recent stay in Lazio, Italy, near to the Tuscan border.

Hautes Pyrénées

J'ai eu la chance de découvrir la région des Hautes Pyrénées cet été. Voici quelques aquarelles.

Hôtel du Nord and Canal Saint Martin: etchings

These are my latest etchings. The top one is based upon a sketch I did at Hôtel du Nord (as you'll see on this blog it's one of my favourite haunts in Paris to sit and sketch in). The other is a scene of the Canal Saint Martin, based on a sketch I did sitting at a canal-side cafe.

Monet's Garden and Buttes Chaumont - springtime

Canal boat etching

Guadeloupe sunshine

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! Here are a couple of sketches from the islands of Les Saintes, Guadeloupe and from a black sand beach on the main island of Guadeloupe, where I was lucky enough to spend Christmas week.

Hôtel du Nord

Here's another sketch from Hotel du Nord in Paris, from late last year.

Lakes and Castles - Lazio, Italy

Here are a couple of small watercolours from my recent stay in Northern Lazio, on the border of Umbria and Tuscany in Italy.

Paris summer sketches

Some sketches from the Mairie de Paris and the Bois de Boulogne - Chalet des Iles

Winter weekend

During a cold, grey weekend in Paris, I spent some time in some canal-side cafés, sipping tea, listening to conversations around me and soaking up the atmosphere.

Hôtel du Nord

This canal-side café-restaurant is one of my favourite haunts in Paris. It's the eponymous setting of René Clair's 1938 film - which I watched ages ago and really must re-watch. When I'm there I also think about the wonderful 1934 movie l'Atalante by Jean Vigo, which also includes scenes along the canal.

Orchids

Ménilmontant bar

Sunday by the canal

Autumn in Paris

Sketches I did at the weekend along Canal St Martin & Canal d'Ourq.

La belle France

I'm back in Paris after a lovely holiday in La Rochelle and the Basque coast. Here are some sketches from Biarritz and the Ile d'Aix, an island off La Rochelle.

Rosa Bonheur and Canal St Martin

On Saturday I went to Rosa Bonheur, a hip hang-out in the Parc des Buttes Chaumont in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. It was a lovely sunny evening and everyone was sitting outside drinking rosé and snacking on charcuterie. Along with my sketch from Saturday I'm posting a Canal St Martin scene from the springtime, which I don't think I added before. Paris in the sunshine rocks!

NYC seen from Williamsburg

A bit late in the day, but here is the only painting I did during my recent trip to New York. It was a boiling hot 4 July and I spent a bit of time in the park they've created on the waterfront in Williambsurg. The area has changed quite a bit since I lived in New York 4 years ago. It's still great - just different.