The arch of the north nave aisle in the crossing of the ruined church was a challenge to get right but the trees to the right of it were a bigger challenge.
St Mary's Abbey ruins in Museum Gardens, York.
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St Mary's Abbey church ruins in Museum Gardens, York. Built 1270-94.
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Then I worked my way along the north wall of the nave, adding the trees in the background as I worked my way along.
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We usually keep the door to t'old wesh house closed as the washing machine tends to stare at us.
A covid pandemic lockdown sketch when it was easier to do a sketch a day as the late David Hockney recommended.
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I started the drawing of St Mary's Abbey church ruins over on the left as usual. The trees were going to be as big a challenge as the 13th century masonry.
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St Martin le Grand and Peace Garden, Coney Street, York: A triptych.
Recently drawn sketches of details around the church badly damaged 1942, restored 1961-62.
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Some mythical creatures hanging out at the top of the south east corner of the church of St Martin le Grand, Coney Street, York. They survived the destruction of most of the church in 1942.
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Bedern, York: Then & now. Bedern chapel reduced in height, medieval & later houses demolished in a major urban renewal scheme after the area had become very rundown.
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Staithes, North Yorkshire. A former fishing village on the coast. The drawing started out as a doodle, after watching "Grayson's Art Club" on TV during the Covid lockdown.
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