Unable to bear the heat and the smell of turpentine any longer, I actually left the studio yesterday, and instead spent the day painting outside Kenwood House, on Hampstead Heath. Here are two of the paintings I made- both gouache on paper. More will probably come, if the weather stays good I get used to being sunburnt in London parks.
Last week I went on holiday to Bordeaux. A glorious week of eating delicious food, drinking delicious wine, and general lounging around- not unlike any other week in London, except that I got sunstroke too. Here are some drawings from that week:
Here are some people sitting around in the Jardin Public. Now that spring is properly here you can except many more drawings of people lying around in parks, rather than wrapped up in coats outside pubs.
Some people outside a bar, standing around.
A bar outside the Marché des Grandes Hommes (where one goes to buy big men, I would assume).
The view from our balcony over Cours Aristide Briand.
Some people sitting outside a cafe near an area called Capucins- named after the monkey, not the monks, I would think.
More people outside cafes. This sums up a vast majority of what my holidays involve.
A woman reading.
A homeless man with two dogs.
People in a park. 
Of course, more people sitting outside a cafe.
Filed under Drawing, Sketchbook, Wine
Here are some drawings in my favourite of all childrens’ media, the colouring pencil! A set of five drawings, all based developed from observational drawings and based vaguely on situations I have either been in, or seen. I put two of these drawings up in the past, but these ones should be clearer.
Children at the end of a swimming lesson.
In an art gallery. Unimpressed diners in a Chinese restaurant.
In a bookshop.
Girl waiting for her date to arrive.
Filed under Drawing, Illustration, Swimming
So, as I was saying yesterday, I did some gouache paintings in the studio too, developing things out of my sketchbook.
Here is a portrait of a man I saw in a bar. He was Scottish, and obligingly sat extremely still. Did he realise I was drawing? Or was he just a very still man? Perhaps I had been fooled by an elaborate wax model.
Painting of Soho at night, and a man smoking. I often feel that night is the most interesting time to draw things, and the most difficult.
These are some boys chatting to a girl on a night out. She wasn’t impressed! I know because I was there.
A couple in a pub.
A big crowd of guys in a pub- this is the largest of the paintings, though of course on a screen they can all be the same size.
So that’s all that. All something a bit different! I think it’s best on brown paper, and small; and I think the best paintings are often straight from life.. but I’m certainly still getting the hang of it. We shall see what the future shows!
Filed under Painting, Prince's Drawing School
Gouache! Lovely lovely gouache. Fun and colourful! And one of those words that I always need three tries before I can spell it right. Anyway, I’ve been getting super into it lately, because it is fun and colourful, and smells less horrible than oil paint. Here are some of my life drawings- I’ll put up some of my studio paintings tomorrow too.
Girl with taxidermied fox and chicken.
Girl lying down wearing a cat mask.
Girl in a minotaur mask.
Filed under Painting, Prince's Drawing School
I haven’t been into the studio for an entire week! It’s been glorious, and now I remember what air smells like when it’s not turpentine flavoured. But I have been doing a good bit of sketchbook drawing. Here is some of it: 
First off, this is a picture of my good friend Oliver Ninnis. He is sitting at my kitchen table, with a hangover, playing Sim City on his phone (or constantly swiping right on Tinder? I’m never sure). But I like this drawing because it made me feel a bit of that Toulouse-Lautrec drawing of the Guele de Bois. A timeless drawing! (for the record, Mr. Oliver Ninnis is also an illustrator, his work is here.)
I did also go outside occasionally in the week. I walked around and drew people in the street. One of my favourite places to draw is Broadway Market, because it combines the elite of London’s hipster community with those who spend their sunny afternoons drinking Skol on public benches. 
Not only that, but I went down to Liverpool Street station the other day. The ultimate for people watching! My favourite thing there is to stand on the walkway immediately underneath the big boards with all the train times on, and look down at the crowd, because it feels like they’re all staring up at you! I can pretend I’m addressing them with an inspiring speech. 
The other thing I did, and this was a bit before the break, but still, was I had a class in the City of London Police stables. I always think police horses are funny things, they seem a bit outdated, and I wasn’t entirely sure what they’re used for, except parades and riots. Perhaps we should have more riots, to validate their existence? Anyway, I discovered that they also go out on patrol, like normal police, so it’s possible that you could call 999 because your house had been broken into or whatever, and rather than a police car turning up, two men on horses would arrive! Exciting eh? I wonder if they have little horse sirens.
Filed under Drawing, Sketchbook
James Albon 
