Pegging out the Holloway Road
Thought I would share a few pics of the couple of days spent sketching another stretch of the Holloway Road. This time I brought along a length of cartridge paper which I had prepared at home with a wash of gum arabic and French and English Ochre pigments, to give the paper a bit of warmth.
Note the colourful tote bag by the French American artist Gwenn Seemel – I admire her outlook on copyright as well as her colourful artwork.
Adding a wash of ochres and gum arabic to cartridge paper
Sketching out the buildings opposite Cowling and Wilcox
I’d packed half a dozen clothes pegs to clip the paper to a folder which seemed to work quite well. Even though it’s non-stop busy along this road, several people stopped to pass the time of day with me and thanks to Sean for taking this photo and sending it to me.
Photo thanks to @seanazzillustration
Pegs and toes keeping the paper curl held down
Have to be quick to sketch between the traffic.
Back home and on to the formal drawing.
preparing for the lettering
Adding the lettering
Section of the final drawing – Denmark Place build 1863, the same year that work on the London underground began.
The drawing is now complete, scanned and can be seen in full on my website. Limited edition prints are now available to buy.
Thanks for reading
Ronnie