I have been drawing in sketchbooks since I was on my Foundation course - our drawing tutor recommended we draw in a sketchbook every day. I don’t manage to do that but I have accumulated quite a number of sketchbooks. (currently I’m working in No.46)
italian landscape - Orvieto
watercolour, 2nd June 1995
landscape studies
watercolour, 7th June 1994 Sketchbook 36
small studies made from the giardini pubblici in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
canal scene
watercolour, 22nd June 1994 Sketchbook 37
view on the Grand Canal in Venice looking towards San Geremia
sicilian landscape
pencil and watercolour, 16th May 1992 Sketchbook 35
drawing from the amphitheatre in Taormina, Sicily looking south
Looking west from Volterra
watercolour, 14th July 2019 Sketchbook 44
this was made sitting in the grounds of the Roman amphitheatre just outside the town walls
Greek hillside
pencil and watercolour, 26th August 2018, Sketchbook 44
view of a hillside from Skiathos Town on the island of Skiathos
Hastings from the East Hill
watercolour and pencil, 1st April 1982, Sketchbook 24
made during one of many drawing trips I made to Hastings in the 1980s, this later became the basis for a painting
Calascibetta from Enna
pencil and watercolour wash, 14th May 1992 Sketchbook 35
One of my favourite views in Sicily this later became a tiny wood engraving
Pincio Gardens, Rome
watersoluble graphite pencil, 2nd September 2017 Sketchbook 43
