Drawing of The Hoste, Burnham Market

The Hoste, Burnham Market

The four star Hoste Arms has long been a social focal point at the heart of the lovely village of Burnham Market in Norfolk.

The front bar I found, is the place to grab a beer, sit down under the sun-bathed parasols, and watch village life gently unfold before you. This pen and wash drawing frames that scene just as I gratefully sampled it. For me is a most exquisite moment of an English summer captured in time.

Its seems a trip to the Hoste Arms is part of any visit to Burnham Market, whether for those on holiday in Norfolk, a local villager for a pint, or just maybe, a traveling artist smitten with finding such a quintessentially English village?

I am down to stay here to see the Christmas illuminations and see it in a whole new light. Cheers.

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Hand signed A4 Print of The Hoste, Burnham Market
Pen and marker drawing on Bockingford 190gsm watercolour paper £14.99

Original drawing of The Hoste, Burnham Market
12' x 9" pen and marker drawing on 140lb water colour paper available from:
The Artmonger
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Burnham Market
Norfolk
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All drawings © Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012 

Charming Coggeshall - illustration

St Peters Coggeshall

The subject for my illustration is the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula (St. Peter in chains) - a beautiful and imposing Church that deceives the eye as far as perception of scale. I always find it grows largers as you approach it. 

It is Nestled in the Essex Village of Coggeshall in its present form since the 1500's it is home to services, and fayres.

The village of Coggeshall is a beautiful place with a handful of narrow streets and brightly painted picture postcard houses and cottages and is a joy to stroll around and happen upon the little independent shops and tea rooms that are dotted here and there. Always worth a visit - and so too Baumann's Brasserie - a fine place to dine while you are there!

My ambition is to someday live here.

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Illustration of St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex
Hand signed and annotated A4 Print of pen and ink illustration on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen and ink illustration on 140lb watercolour paper £125
© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012 

Drawing of Tiptree WIlkins & Sons Jam Factory

Tiptree

Wilkin & Sons Ltd - of 'Tiptree' jam fame - are situated on the main road of the village of Tiptree adjacent to Factory corner. Her Majesty The Queen recently passed through the hallowed gates topped with her royal warrant in 2010 to mark Wilkin & Sons' 125 anniversary. I have had the good pleasure of presenting an illustration to, and meeting, Peter Wilkin - the great grandson of the founder and a complete English gentleman if you ever met one.

From my house some half a mile away (as the wind blows) the scent of sweet Jam from the tall chimneys is carried on any North Easterly breezes and is a pleasant aroma that always surprises when returning home or setting out for the day. The factory hooter can also be heard marking the important times during the jam making day.

For me there is something of the Roald Dahl's fictional Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory about these main gates and I can't recall seeing any workers enter or leave by these gates. The wonderfully ornamental ironwork twists and turns and its manufacture is a skill from a bygone age, as are their famous jams and preserves.

This drawing is set as the low Autumnal sunshine beams through the ironwork gates, much as the glint of gold always beams from of a box of opened treasure at the movies.

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Wilkin & Sons Ltd, Factory Hill, Tiptree, Essex

Hand signed A4 Print of pen and marker sketch on Bockingford 190gsm watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12' x 9" pen and marker sketch on 140lb water colour paper £125
© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012  

Prittlewell - First Pen & Ink

Prittlewell Essex

Fresh from Billericay School I studied at Southend-on-Sea College of Art & Technology in Carnarvon Road.

My first drawing teacher was a lovely white bearded illustrator by the name of Reg Gray. He was a sweet natured man, quiet and patient. His ability to draw creatures, naming bones and muscle groups that held them together and make them function amazed me. Every flick of his pencil seemed to have purpose and description. Brilliant. His knowledge of living creatures knew no bounds. Since the advent of the internet many years later I have discovered that he illustrated some of the comics and books that I enjoyed so much, but I never knew at the time which is a shame.

It was on a outdoors drawing expedition of Reg's that I sketched this picture at the tender age of 17 years old. It was probably the first time I drew a building with dip pen and ink looking through my sketchbook. St Mary's, Prittlewell, was a 5 minute walk from the college and I can tell from my sketch it was a sunny day. I remember being pleased with the result and pen and ink became a favourite technique.

Thanks Reg for any ability or technique that rubbed off on me, wherever you are. Respect.

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St Mary's Prittlewell, Essex
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© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012 

Drawing of Beccles

Drawing of Beccles

Beccles is a lovely market town on the River Waveney in Suffolk.

I had moored up here and visited the town by foot. Perched on a hill Beccles is most interesting and picturesque with its independent shops and twisty streets. This drawing of Beccles I sketched is of Blyburgate which I have since learnt is part derived (gate) taken from the Old Norse for 'street'. So its seems the Vikings have visited this part of England and left their mark.

To the left is the local Pet Stores and the Marmalade Tree shop is a little further up the hill, which eventually leads up toward the Church - my focal point for this drawing.

It was during this visit that I proposed to my now wife during a golden sunset at the marina, surrounded by a brood of rather puzzled ducks. Beccles will always be in our hearts.

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Illustration of Blyburgate, Beccles, Suffolk.
Hand signed and annotated A4 Print of pen and ink illustration on 90lb watercolour paper £14.99
Original 12" x 9" pen and ink illustration on 140lb watercolour paper £125
© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012