I took a lift over to Letchworth and found myself breaking in my new watercolour pad. It’s a really heavy-weight Arches pad, but the same size as the watercolour Moleskin that I was using before. It has a lot more texture, and seems to soak up a lot of water quicker – but it’s no good with the soft pencils I liked to use, as it blunts them immediately. I gave drawing in pen a quick go on the bottom two boxes, but I was starving and people kept walking past with delicious-smelling chips from the takeaway next to me.
It’s almost too hard to draw with that sort of distraction.
Letchworth, first planned ‘garden’ town, how lovely. I’d forgotten that was near you. Interesting.
Your new authorial voice is a pleasure to read. You’re a fascinating micro-local travelogger and the little watercolours are delicious.
Thanks Brendadada! Now I’m getting a bit more practiced with my drawing, I’m feeling confident about showing them to people. Maybe in winter I’ll have to do something different, otherwise it will just be drawings of my living room…