cream cracker

looking back

I thought it might be nice to look back over 2012 and remember some of the places and people I've pictured!

January and February

 London Art Fair

People at the Wellcome Collection cafe, London.

March and April

'Grind' cafe, Westfield Stratford, London.

Spring in a London garden.

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

May and June

Borough Market, London.

The Shard, London.

The Jubilee Street Party, London.

Crystal Palace Overground Festival, London.

July and August

Free concert, Trafalgar Square, London.

Olympics!

Paris

September and October

Mayor's Question Time, City Hall, London.

The'Gherkin', London.

Summer's over.

November and December

November sunrise

Ice skaters at the Natural History Museum, London.

Sir Quentin Blake

The illustrator Quentin Blake has been given a Knighthood in the New Year Honours List for services to illustration.

Illustration Friday - New

Some of the new art materials I received for Christmas.

going home on the bus

Boxing day plates

sprouts

last minute shopping @HMV Croydon

on, off, on

reading the 'paper

Illustration Friday - Glow

Another attempt at a GIF after Rudolph earlier in the week!

at the carol concert

urban sketch

colour added

Rudolph

A Christmas GIF!

Thanks to the tutorial at 

http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/build-animated-gifs-in-photoshop/

bauble

digging out the decorations

@ the dentists

cafe chatter

Illustration Friday - Snow

clementine

skies at night

The winter skies are pretty spectacular at the moment, full of luminous colour.  

These are sketched (through a window – it is so cold!) over a 15 minute period, just as it was getting dark.