All these were done in May in preparation for the Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition. All these sketches sold as one framed unit. It has been hard to get them (18) apart and as I had them in lined up as 3 rows in 6 columns.
The street sketching spirit is my life!!! There's always a buzz and high when I am able to sit down and meet people on the street, have a connection, hear wonderful stories and sketch!
These pictures are a few that I have done recently on the streets of London.
Sketch of Chris, Islington
All sketches were done in graphite, oil base pencil in an A4 moleskine Sketchbook.
This is one of my little alla primapaintings of London. In this painting I introduced my own colour scheme to the scene which would have rather been harsh if i kept it as it was. Normally the London buses are a harsh warm red colour but I decided to move it to the purple tint range to support my warm purplish scheme here. I then added a yellow umbrella to compliment the whole picture.
Rain, Rain and Rush Hour, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011
And finally at last, The 40th work that has made my career is this painting- I was inspired to take this one on because it was a had crowded figures, reflections and rain-three elements I really love in urbanscapes!
I worked completely from a photo in the studio but all the time I made sure I didn't fall...
