Original art now available in London!

We have pleasure in announcing a great new location to buy our original London drawings and illustrations: The Londoner's Home in Islington N1. The fascinating shop is well worth a visit - a artist and designer/maker's own vision - an eclectic mix of original arts, objects, curios and fashion pieces all created in the UK by true artisans. It is a living breathing workshop.

So, do pop in and say hi to Louie Eden Brown, the owner, and Billy his faithful Dachshund!

Illustrations for sale here are:

• Tower Bridge
• The Palace of Westminster
• Westminster Abbey
• St Paul's Cathedral
• Buckingham Palace

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The Londoner's Home

The Londoner's Home

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294 Upper Street
Islington
London N1 2TU
07956 500925

Thursday 10.30am to 7pm
Friday 10.30am to 6.30pm
Saturday 10.30am to 6.30pm
Sunday 11.30am to 5.30pm

www.louieedenbrown.com

 

Time Lapse drawing of Buckingham Palace

Drawing time lapse of Buckingham Palace

Time lapse drawing

I thought it would be nice to do a timelapse movie of one of my drawings. This time I am drawing the wonderful Buckingham Palace in London. I have used a variety of ink wash and dip ink pen for this illustration.

The drawing itself took about 2 hours and I have compressed it down into one minute.

I will make prints available on my website soon.

The movie is on YouTube and can be seen here: http://youtu.be/m1zGiufP5aU

Illustration of Buckingham Palace

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Original drawing of Buckingham Palace, London Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen, ink and watercolour on 140lb watercolour paper £195
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012   

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Drawing of Tower Bridge

Drawing of Tower Bridge

Another iconic building from 1894, or rather bridge, in London. This drawing of Tower Bridge shows the world famous bridge that straddles the River Thames close to the Tower of London (hence it's name). The upper walkway gallery between the towers gives a great view of the Thames I must say.

The bridge has had a few incidents during its history, namely a double decker bus jumping a 3 foot gap as the bridge started to rise in 1952 and my favourite: (words from Wikipedia):

The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968 when a Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA.9 jet fighter from No. 1 Squadron, flown by Flt Lt Alan Pollock, flew through Tower Bridge.

Unimpressed that senior staff were not going to celebrate the RAF's 50th birthday with a fly-past, Pollock decided to do something himself. Without authorisation, Pollock flew the Hunter at low altitude down the Thames, past the Houses of Parliament, and continued on toward Tower Bridge. He flew the Hunter beneath the bridge's walkway, remarking afterwards that it was an afterthought when he saw the bridge looming ahead of him.

Pollock was placed under arrest upon landing, and discharged from the RAF on medical grounds without the chance to defend himself at a court martial.

True Brit.

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Original drawing of TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON
Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen, ink and watercolour on 140lb watercolour paper £195
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012  

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Drawing of St Paul's Cathedral

I thought it would be interesting to show the various stages of illustration with one of my Pen and Ink drawings. I have chosen this drawing of St. Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London for the study.


Stage 1: 
I meticulously pencil out all the keylines of the drawing in soft graphite pencil on heavy watercolour paper.

Stage 2:
I use diluted Indian ink to capture all tonal differences of drawing and start to bring it to life. This sky starts as pure water on the paper to make the clear sky ready to accept tone. I introduce ink and let it bleed and diffuse just like the real sky starting from the top which is darker. The ink needs help to reach the horizon which can be done with a weak brush. I turn the picture 180˚ and tilt slightly so any ink bleeds skywards. Whilst still wet and fresh, the sky can be lifted off by using soft tissue which reveals the white paper again to ease in clouds.

Masking fluid (rather like weak Copydex) helps to keep any white areas away from the wash so you should workout where highlights will be in your illustration and apply fluid.

Stage 3: 
I use pen to outline all the key elements of St Paul's Cathedral and pencil for the far distance to give things a sense of depth. Lines in the distance should be finer and lighter to have a sense of regression.

Stage 4: 
I flick ink to suggest foliage or pick out the texture of the paper with the side of a soft black pencil. The masking fluid can be rubbed off to real brilliant white. White highlights not already revealed with masking fluid can be added with process white.

Stage 1: Sketch out in pencil

Stage 2: Apply indian ink wash / watercolour

Stage 3: Apply pen work

St Pauls Cathedral drawing

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Original Illustration of St Pauls Cathedral, LONDON
Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen, ink and watercolour on 140lb watercolour paper £195
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012  

St Paul's Cathedral, London

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Drawing of Palace of Westminster & Big Ben

'Big Ben' and Palace of Westminster

London is an architecturally impressive capital and one of the most iconic views surely has to be this vista over the Thames to the Palace of Westminster (or 'The Houses of Parliament'). My drawing of Westminster Palace & Big Ben is across Westminster Bridge: spanning the river carrying pedestrians and traffic including the famous black cabs and red double decker buses whilst underneath pleasure and working vessels sail by. Westminster Abbey is just visible beyond 'Elizabeth Tower' which carries Big Ben the most famous bell that chimes Greenwich mean time. To the left of the illustration is the imposing and largest 'Victoria Tower' in the South west corner.

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Original drawing of PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (Big Ben), LONDON
Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen, ink and watercolour on 140lb watercolour paper £195
© All illustrations Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012 

Westminster Abbey illustration

Westminster Abbey in London is the subject for my study. It was illustrated to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Abbey on Friday 29 April 2011.

Pen and Ink is such a favourite medium of mine.  I first encountered the technique at College in the 1980s when I was the student of Reg Grey and instantly was a fan. Dipping the nib in the ink bottle and it scratching onto the watercolour paper is primal and seems to suit the ancient nature of the study. The pen strokes thicken and narrow with pressure and it really seems the way you feel towards the subject flows through the tip of the nib.

In my illustration a dramatic clearing sky has given way to sunshine on the face of the stone making it radiate from the paper. It describes how the wedding figuratively brightened up a rather gloomy economic Britain of the time.

Drawing of Westminster Abbey

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A4 Print (hand signed) £14.99 GBP Original 12" x 9" sketch £195.00 GBP

Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on Bockingford 190gsm watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen, ink and watercolour on 140lb watercolour paper £195
© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012