There are dozens of sketch-books on my shelves from dozens of travel-journeys both at home and further afield. Sometimes it is just a fleeeting moment that catches the eye. Sometimes there is more time for something more considered. Big lesson here - it's always a good idea to have a sketchbook handy! Here are some examples, mostly from overseas.
 Court St, Boston Looking up the street from cousin Tom and Margo's house in Dedham. Such a wonderful collection of traffic and telegraph poles! Oct 2019. 250X350 Pen & wash |
 Up to Mt Cook A wet but powerful New Zealand moment of glacier waters gushing down from Mt Cook, 2016. Pen and watercolour. 200X200 |
 The Red Chair Next door to Tom & Margo's house in Dedham, Boston. 2019. Lovely collection of shapes with a great red chair! Pen & wash, 250X350 |
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 'Fairy Chimneys' Extraordinary natural rock formations in Goreme, Turkey known as 'Fairy Chimneys' and often carved out to make homes! Felt pen and watercolour 2016; 235X305 |
 Le Gendarme Pencil sketch of a gendarme and blind beggar. Place de la Concorde, Paris 1965 - 200X150 |
 Tourist Boat The sketchbook had to come out for these crazy tourists on a boat excursion, Tenerife, 2007. 200X300 |
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 Off to Work! Gondoliers off to work - shouts, laughter, liberty! 1995. Charcoal & watercolour, 500X400. Sold |
 Damascus Skyline The fantastic Damascus, Syria roof-top jumble of chimneys, wires, TV kit and of course, minarets, 2010. Pencil and water-colour, 350X450. N.A. |
 Outside the mosque A group of women, one with a child walk in the rain past this Damascus mosque, Syria,. 2010. Pen and water-colour, 150X250 |
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 Washing Lines & Pigeon Off the Rio della Arsenale, Venice 1995; pen & watercolour, 500X300. Sold |
 Volcanic rock-scape Amazing volcano-sculpted rock-scapes on Tenerife - very different from the tourist beaches; 2007. Pen & water-colour, 200X300 |
 Two ladies, Acre Souk Wonderful shape and colours in Acre Souk, Israel, 1975; 250X170. Pen and watercolour. |
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 Donkey Travel On the Mount of Olives with Old Jerusalem in sight, 1974. Pen & watercolour, 190X180 |
 Paris Bench A couple on a park bench in Paris, 1965. Pencil sketch on paper, 120X200 |
 Algarve Frulit Trees Twisted fruit trees in spring make wonderful silhouettes in Portugals' Algarve. 2012; Pen and water-colour, 150X250 |
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