Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Moleskin, Covent Garden


This starts with the weird Saturday morning train times. I can get into Waterloo way-too-early or just a little bit too late, for a 10:00 AM appointment. So I get in way-too-early and to pass the time, take photographs of the shops in the area around Covent Garden.

(I know. Who lives at number 40?)

Friday, 17 November 2023

He Shot, She Shot

On our recent walk round Hampstead Heath, Sis suggested I take a photograph of this pond. So I took...

Sis took a look via the screen and asked if she could borrow the camera. She took...

Sis is, as you will realise, a Proper Artist, while I am a mere snap-shooter.

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Hampstead Heath (The Red Coat)




 I loved the way those Victorian and Edwardian painters would name a picture after some tiny detail off to one side. The modern version used to be calling everything "Untitled (Mary in her Boudoir)" or somesuch. Do painters still do that?

Friday, 10 November 2023

Symphony in Blue (The City Skyline)



 Oh yes, a mock-Whistler title. Clearly a chap who has read some art history

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Five Guys

 


It could be from Boston or some other older US town, but it's Garrick Street.

Friday, 3 November 2023

Kensington Garden Fountains


 

Yep, it's catch-up time again. I've been delving from one rabbit-hole to the next for a while, with results that will be described when they happen.

Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Candid Snaps

 


I love snaps like this: it's the range of things going on. The concentration of the delivery driver, the expression on the passenger's face, the foliage, the glimpse of sea front, and the White Cliffs in the distance. And that intrusive level crossing barrier.