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Published: August 14, 2026 14:58

Adding colour to my drawing of Minerva for some time. Not my usual methodology, working from left to right & top to bottom, to minimise smudging, perhaps symptomatic of lack of focus of late. The base is a copy of an original pencil drawing. …

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Published: August 14, 2026 05:32

A blocked water gate by the River Ouse in York city centre. A more detailed view, sketched in pencil. The earlier wall is built of stone, the higher parts are brick with patches of concrete and brick. #Illustration #sketchbook #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

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Published: August 13, 2026 19:29

For #ADoorableThursday another sketch of the Red Tower, York. A small window and 2 slit vents in the wall in addition to the doorway. A flood in 2015 saw water reach the level of the tip of the lower vent. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #watercolour…

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Published: August 13, 2026 14:22

The Red Tower, York Bar Walls. Built of brick in the 15th century despite opposition from the local stone masons. Originally 3 storeys high with a gun mounted on top. Used as a cow house in the 18th-19th century & restored in 1850s. …

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Published: August 13, 2026 06:06

A late medieval doorway in the stone wall of the River Ouse, York. Overshadowed by the Moat House Hotel, North Street. There were several lanes linking the street to the river that haven't survived later development. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pen…

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Published: August 12, 2026 09:36

Powell's Yard, Goodramgate, York. Powell's Yard courtyard off Goodramgate, York. It's accessed by a ginnel through number 49. To left the Wealden type medieval hall behind 51 Goodramgate. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #watercolour #drawing #ArtShare

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Published: August 12, 2026 05:20

Reminded by FB of the handmade birthday card I drew in 2017 with a view of Ely cathedral from the upper floor of Toppings bookshop. #HandmadeCard #pencil #watercolour #drawing #ArtShare

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Published: August 11, 2026 14:06

Looking for some inner peace so I drew some trees. It's lovely walking through Fishponds Wood into Acomb from home. Always a few degrees cooler under the trees. The nearer one looks like it is dancing, it's certainly twisting as it grows. #Pencil…

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Published: August 11, 2026 05:31

The 3-storey block of 60 Low Petergate, York. It is the end bay of a 5 bay building, housing 5 tenements, from the late 15th century. In the early 17th century it was converted into 3 houses with internal chimney stacks. #ArchitecturalIllustration…

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Published: August 10, 2026 07:22

I have just renewed my membership of Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington near York. Money well spent as it will help support this type of restoration work on historic aircraft. This is the Avro Anson in the museum workshops a while ago. #YorkshireAirMuseum…

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Published: August 9, 2026 15:43

York Minster Stoneyard. According to FB memory I drew this on 9th August 2024. I had completely forgotten, perhaps because I have drawn the grotesques & stoneyard several times. The figures are still weathering in the yard there. …

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Published: August 9, 2026 11:45

Number 1 Chapter House Street, 4 Minster Yard and 5 Minster Yard, in the shadow of York Minster. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #art #ArtShare

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Published: August 9, 2026 07:20

The lockers in the lower 6th form common room, another piece from my A level art coursework. Sadly the building this was I had been demolished. #Illustration #drawing #ArtShare

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Published: August 8, 2026 16:10

I listened to my 'critical friend' & left the top of the drawing without colour. It made a lovely birthday card for a friend though it was drawn for Drawing August in 2019. Little Betty's Tea Rooms in Stonegate, York. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil…

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Published: August 8, 2026 14:53

From FB memories. On 8th August 2017 I was part way through drawing this house in Minster Yard. It's in the shadow of York Minster. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

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Published: August 8, 2026 10:24

A reminder of the wonders of nature as I passed through Fishponds Wood on my way to the market in Acomb. A ray of sunlight through the tree branches brought me to a stop. #PauseForThought #web

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Published: August 7, 2026 19:49

A reminder from FB that I was looking for stuff in my archive for a book I was being featured in back in 2016. I found these from 1975, part of my A level art portfolio. Drawn on cars with a ballpoint pen. #drawing #illustration #art #ArtShare

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Published: August 7, 2026 19:13

What is it? is a good question. As far as I can tell it is a winged beast. It projects from the flying buttress of St Martin le Grand church in Coney Street, York. #WorkInProgress #drawing #sketchbook. #ArtShare