Rome and New York

From the sketchbook, a guy in New York and below, a chap in Rome.
ZenBrush on iPad and ArtSet on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Ideation

This works every time for me, but I get through a lot of dogs.

Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Human Specimens

People sketched in the cafe at the Natural History Museum, London.
Pen and ink and pencil. A4 size, Click to enlarge.

Cafe folk in Paper53

Recent sketching in various cafes.
Paper 53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Paul

In demonstrating the Paper 53 app to Paul, I ended up drawing him.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Frescobaldi

An etching of The Frog at the Frescobaldi Cafe.
Etching 19cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

The Great Prune Realisation

Finally, I have understood the prune.
Pen and ink 7cm x 8cm. Click to enlarge.

Frog at Sharon's

The Frog at Sharon's Cafe.
Watercolour 28cm x 38cm. Click to enlarge.

Another Failed Scheme

The Frog sketching another failed scheme.
Watercolour 28cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

At Frescobaldock

The Frog about 12 years ago at the Delizioso cafe on Cleveland St. He called the cafe "Frecobaldock" for some unknown reason.
Watercolour 16cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

Hygienic, advantageous, inbred

Hygienic and inbred

A man speaking Bulgarian whilst drinking hibiscus tea.
Pen and ink 15cm x 12cm. Click to enlarge.

Readers Digesting

Two people in the cafe, reading the newspapers.
Watercolours 9cm x 10cm and 9cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

Wash and Brush Up

The Frog in sepia wash.
Watercolour 13cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

Chopsticks

The Frog wrestles with glutinous rice during today's dim sum lunch to discuss our planning application. We want to demolish Camden Town tube station and replace it with a giant guillotine.

Meanwhile I'm replaying Jerry Seinfeld's chopsticks routine in my mind: "I'll tell you what I like about Chinese people. They're hanging in there with the chopsticks,aren't they? You know they've seen the fork. They're staying with the sticks. I don't know how they missed it. Chinese farmer gets up, works in the field with a shovel all day. Shovel. Spoon. Come on. You're not plowing 40 acres with a couple of pool cues!" See the clip here
Pen and ink with watercolour 115mm x 155mm. Click to enlarge.

Ikkyu

A quick sketch of The Frog waiting for his ramen at the late lamented Ikkyu restaurant. A quality dive that used to be next door to the Scientology shop on Tottenham Court Road.
Sepia wash 20cm x 19cm. Click to enlarge.

Colville Place

Tea with Trevor in Colville Place.
Watercolour 20cm x 19cm. Click to enlarge.

Sepia Sex

A sexy woman in the cafe inspired me to whip out the sepia.
Watercolour 19cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

At Haji Moussa

A one-coffee watercolour of the Frog at Haji Moussa Cafe, London.
Watercolour 18cm x 22cm. Click to enlarge.

Sharon's Frescobaldi

The Frog ranting at Sharon's and at Frescobaldi's. Water-soluble pencil diluted with coffee, hence the brownish tint.
Pencil,coffee. Each page 20cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

Galgossian

I saw this long white galgo in the park the other day. It resembled a sketch I drew earlier.
Pencil and brushpen on newsprint with collage. Click to enlarge.