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Pegging out Holloway Road

November 30, 2016 ronniecruwys 1 Comment

pen and ink urban sketch of Holloway Road — 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.

preparing per fro sketching — *Adding a wash of ochres and gum arabic to cartridge paper*

pen and ink and water colour on holloway road — *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.

Ronnie Cruwys Urban Sketching Holloway road — *Photo thanks to @seanazzillustration*

5-holloway-road-ronnie-cruwys — Pegs and toes keeping the paper curl held down

Holloway road — *Have to be quick to sketch between the traffic.*

new drawing of Hollway road on water colour paper — *Back home and on to the formal drawing.*

holloway-road-wip — *preparing for the lettering*

lettering-on-holloway-road — *Adding the lettering*

81-to-129-holloway-rd-crop-b — *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

Architectural Drawing, Architecture, London buildings, London streets, Pen and ink drawing

Piebury Corner to London Coffee Club

December 15, 2015 ronniecruwys 2 Comments

Holloway Road Ronnie Cruwys terrace — *Fine old red brick Victorian terrace on Holloway Road from George’s St to Zee Zee’s*

Back on the Holloway Road – a short post to share the last drawing of 2015.

3 underpaining holloway rd — *Underpainting in blue permanent ink – a change from the usual sepia*

205 to 261 Holloway Road cargo Cruwys 1 — Piebury Corner to Dorset House

dorset house — *Dorset House drawn as a one-off during the summer*

205 to 261 Holloway Road cargo Cruwys 2.jpg — *George’s Road up to Paddy Power, Holloway Road*

205 to 261 Holloway Road cargo Cruwys 3 — Paddy Power to Zee Zee, Holloway Road

205 to 261 Holloway Road cargo Cruwys4 — Zee Zee’s to London Coffee Club, Holloway Road

Drawing shown in full on www.drawingthestreet.co.uk

Thanks for reading,

Ronnie

Architectural drawings

The Street He Left Behind: Private Harold Ffoulkes (3332) d. 26 July 1915

July 21, 2015 ronniecruwys Leave a comment

A few months ago, Coleen got in touch with some thoughts on living in Albermarle Mansions and kindly told me about the Islington and Finsbury website which maps all the local soldiers who went to war showing a poppy where they lived.

Drawing by Ronnie cruwys — This was once the home of Private Ffoulkes

A brief record of each soldier summarises their life. It struck home when I realised that it was close to 100 years ago that one young soldier, Harold Ffoulkes, only 18 years of age, had lived in and set off from this building never to return.

Countless soldiers lost their lives, and indeed still do, but this one had caught my attention and I didn’t want his anniversary to pass unacknowledged. I couldn’t find a photo of him, nor much other than the following entry:

Person	Private Harold Ffoulkes (3332)
Address	7 Albemarle Mansions Holloway Road London
Details	Served in B Company 19th Battalion the London Regiment, and died in France at the age of 18, on the 26th of July 1915 and is buried in Noeux-Les-mines Communal Cemetery, France, grave reference, I. A. 10.
Age	18
Died	26 July 1915

This Saturday will mark 100 years since Private Harold Ffoulkes died. It’s not much, but I will think of him and his young life and the family he left behind as he set off from this building, his home. May he rest in peace.

Nouex les mines cemetery — Resting place of Private Harold Ffoulkes of 7 Albermarle Mansions, Holloway Road, London.

Pen and ink drawing, Sketching

The Mighty Pen

January 8, 2015 ronniecruwys 5 Comments

bikes sketch pen and ink — Bike park at Stafford Station sketched while passing through

The last few days have been spent mostly on trains and buses and taxis – no bicycles other than the above. I have only caught a passing glimpse of the awful events that have happened in Paris, but am heartened by the response of seeing so many drawings and cartoons appear online with ‘Je Suis Charlie’.

Drawing has become so much part of my life that I would now feel quite lost without pen and paper and I think the best tribute we can make to the lives lost is to pick up our pens, so much mightier than any sword or gun for that matter, and write, draw and give thanks for their lives lived to the full.

So a couple of drawn days in my life – collecting my son on his return form Hong Kong – our first Christmas without him – shhh… he missed a good one!

pen and ink sketch, stoke station — Doors to the Pumpkin of Perception, Stoke Station

pen and ink watercolour wash london bus at euston station — Shiny red London 253 bus to Hackney Central via the Nags Head

pen and ink sketch Hollyood cafe Holloway Road — Bathurst Mansions and Hollywood cafe on the Holloway Road, London N7

All this sketching needs fuel – found at the pre-sketched Golden Croissant on the Holloway Road!

pen and ink sketch of the Eaglet pub on Seven Sisters Road, Holloway — The Eaglet on Seven Sisters Road

Sketch of Heathrow Express train at Paddington — Arrival!

May the souls of the French artists rest in peace and thanks for reading.

Architectural Drawing, Pen and ink drawing, Sketch Book Skool, Sketching

Sketches from a London Bus

December 9, 2014 ronniecruwys 1 Comment

Pen and ink sketch of London Chimney pots — Chimney pots from the 253 Euston bus to Nag’s Head, Holloway

Over the summer, I spent some time down in London, with our son. I was in the middle of Sketch Book Skool drawing frenzy, making the most of every moment I could to draw – even on the top of a London bus!

Pen and ink sketches of London windows from the bus — Windows from the 253 bus from Euston to Nags Head

Once you start sketching, you can’t help but notice how much more you want to draw and it was during this time that I made the rash promise to myself that I would draw the Holloway Road.

After a few months preparation I have begun to work on the first of what I hope will be many more drawings, but thought you would like a flavour of what’s to come with some of my summer sketches.

Thanks for reading!

Ronnie

Pen and ink sketch of Croissant D'Or Holloway Road — Le Croissant D’Or, Holloway Road, London – a great place for breakfast!

Sketch of the windows on Albermarle Mansions — Windows on Albermarle Mansions, Holloway Road.

Pencil and watercolour wash drawing of a window on Albermarle Mansions — Detail of Window on Albermarle Mansions

Pencil and watercolour drawing Albermarle Mansions Holloway Road London — Detail of another window on Albermarle Mansions, Holloway Road, London

Pen and ink drawing of Windsor Road London N7 — View from top flat, WIndsor Road, Holloway, London

Drawing the Street

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Pegging out Holloway Road

Piebury Corner to London Coffee Club

The Street He Left Behind: Private Harold Ffoulkes (3332) d. 26 July 1915

The Mighty Pen

Sketches from a London Bus

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