Back to my usual haunt for this trip, a big improvement from wobbling trains and darkenedtheatres. This guy is a semi-regular, I don’t see him every weekend but I have drawn him once before.I think I got a better likeness of him last time. I’ve a feeling I shortened his arm in order to fit
Cafe Sketches – 24th April 2006
I think this is the first time I’ve been anywhere apart from the Cafe Nero with a sketchpad.Michelle managed to coax me out to go and see Jose Gonzalez. He was good but the venue was too big. > The first drawing I did on the train in to Waterloo from Epsom, this guy was
Cafe Sketches – 22nd April 2006
Today was a good day. The cafe was busy, but not too busy, and I got my favourite table at thefront by the window with a good view across the room. TheLast tripto the cafe I felt rushed, and couldn’t settle. It spoiled the drawings. Today I was more relaxed and itshows. Today’s first drawing,
Cafe Sketches – 8th April 2006
This trip did not go well. At the time I was at a loss to explain why. Last week’s trip did go well,I enjoyed myself and got some reasonable drawings out of it. This trip hit my confidence in a bad way. The problem was that I was rushing, the 20th Century disease. I had
Cafe Sketches – 4th February 2006
My first cafe sketches expedition! I have to say I really enjoyed myself today.The drawings aren’t great, but considering I had between twoand five minutes to do each one I’m not unhappy with them. Hardly anyone noticed I was drawing, apart from anobservant little boy (“Daddy, that man’s drawing!”) and a small party of old
Cafe Sketches – 1st April 2006
First drawings for the new month, it’s now my third month drawing in the cafe, this was my eleventh trip. Spring was in the air when I was walking down to the cafe, the first proper spring day this year. It had justrained but the sun had come out, a lovely, fresh morning. I got
Cafe Sketches – 26th March 2006
I’ve left this trip a bit late to write up. It’s over a week since this trip and the memory of it is a bit vaguenow. The main thing I remember now is that when I got to the cafe all the seats at the front by the window were taken soI had to sit
Cafe Nero Regulars
Life got in the way again over the last two weeks and I haven’t found as much time to drawas I’d like. It would be very nice if I didn’t have to earn a living and could just sit arounddrawing all day. I did get down to the Cafe Nero againyesterday though, whichturned out to
Cafe Sketches – 18th March 2006
It’s been two weeks since I got down to the Cafe Nero for some sketching. I think the break might have doneme good, since today’s drawings came out a bit better than the last two trips I think. I must have been feeling a bit brave today, because instead of taking up my usual position
Cafe Sketches – 5th March 2006
After coming home despondent fromyesterdays trip, with only twodrawings completed, Michelle persuaded me that I should go down again this morning. Since she’s usuallyright about pretty much everything, I did. I’d say today went slightly better than yesterday. I consciously told myself not to get too tied upabout it and just bang out some drawings.