A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil and eraser at rest on a piece of tissue paper on an incomplete drawing of the corner of a brick building. To the left a sash window can be seen, with another emerging from the tissue paper on the right.

Working down the drawing and adding a window, led to adding a bit more to the darker tones of the brickwork. The drawing is steadily getting to a state that I am happy with.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil at rest on a drawing of cables attached to a building.

Building up shadows and adding cables. My new pencil study coming along slowly.

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Pencil drawing of a two storey building with balcony and an adjoining house of three storeys. On the left a passageway leads through the building for access to the rear.

The De Grey Rooms, Exhibition Square, York. Designed by architect G T Andrews and built in 1841-2, the main block was to provide a supper room & large room for assemblies and balls with offices and a kitchen beneath.

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Pencil drawing of a courtyard being a building of three storeys with a 17th century chimney stack witness two cottages of the 18th and 19th century attached. There are a number of large bins with wheels and a bicycle in the courtyard.

The ginnel & courtyard behind 55 Low Petergate, York.
The 18th/19th century cottages on the right were incorporated into a print works on Grape Lane but are once again cottages.

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Watercolour drawing of St Stephen's Church in Acomb, standing on a hill above suburban houses and trees. Commissioned as a Christmas present.

Pen drawing of two three storey timber framed buildings in York. Commissioned as the cover drawing for a leaflet on training for vernacular building recorders.

Pencil and watercolour drawing of buildings facing a green and a small tower at Trinity College, Dublin. Commissioned as a birthday present.

A pencil drawing of a First World War biplane, an RE 8 reconnaissance aircraft. Commissioned as an illustration in a book to celebrate a 90th birthday.

Apparently it's #PortfolioDay. Here are a few things I was commissioned to draw. Acomb parish church, York. Timber framed building for a leaflet. Trinity College, Dublin. An RE 8 biplane.

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Pencil drawing of a narrow street with a ginnel at the end which leads into another street. On the right is a three storey building with a large shop window on the ground floor. The shop has 1 Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate written above the window.

Number 1 Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate, York.
This is York's shortest street. I don't think there is a number 2 but a ginnel at the end leads into Shambles.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil at rest on a drawing of a round-arched window with an iron balustrade over a passageway.

One down, half a dozen to go! Round arches are not my favourite subject but off to a good start with a new pencil (in 2021) drawing of the De Grey Rooms in York's Exhibition Square.

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Quick pen sketch of people taking their seats for a special assembly in a junior school hall.

Adding colour via colour pencils to the pen sketch.

The sketch was drawn in an A6 size sketchbook and coloured with Cumberland Derwent and Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils.

The colour sketch of a school hall with people assembling for a special event. The school was built in 1949-50.

A quick sketch of a Junior School hall while waiting for a special assembly, to mark the head teacher leaving, to start. The school was built in 1949-50. I drew the pen sketch in about 20 minutes and added colour from memory using colour pencils.

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The exterior of Maenan Old Hall at Llanrwst, in the Conwy Valley of North Wales. Drawn from a vantage point in the grounds with the Eryri Mountains in the distance.

Maenan Old Hall, looking toward the entrance at the lower end. We were told 'no interior photography' so I had to have a go at some of the 1582 plasterwork covering the 1509 cruck. This is as far as I got after the owner had finished telling us about the hall and a painting on the wall. Then it was time to move on.

Maenan Old Hall, Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley, North Wales. The house looks mostly 18th or 19th century from outside but had parts dating from 1509. Sketched on the 2018 Vernacular Architecture Group conference.

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A fineliner pen drawing of a bookshop with the Staedtler Pigmentliner 0.05 pen used for the drawing alongside. The shop doorway is approached by three steps, the open doorway showing a set of bookshelves. Over the steps is a cabinet containing prints. There are books displayed in the ground and first floor windows, with more books in front of the window on shelves. Flanking the window in cabinets and on the window sill are further prints.

I've recently drawn the shop again, distracting myself while my wife had surgery. Bookshelves are an excellent place to explore with a pen and/or pencil when you need something immersive. So are bricks.

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Minster Gate Bookshop, with books on shelves outside the window under a green awning, had books and prints displayed in the windows on two floors and in cases by the window and in the doorway. The latter is approached by three steps. The shop next door had a blue window frame.

A collage showing the development of the drawing with the original pen sketch shown lower right, the completed colour drawing at top left.

Pen sketch of two shop windows. One has various types of goods on show while the other has books on display both in the window and on shelves outside.

Minster Gate Bookshop, Minster Gates, York. Founded in 1970 & trading as Minster Gate Bookshop since 1975. I left the original pen sketch & added colour to a copy.

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Pencil drawing of a church with two traceried windows, a porch and tower. On the right are the walls of the backyard of a house that adjoins the churchyard.

Pencil drawing of a row of buildings. On the left a small brick house stands next to the gate of a church, the doorway of which can be seen in the background. In the centre a large three storey timber framed building. There are further buildings of different dates to the right.

The doorway of Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York for #ADoorableThursday. The former church of a priory, it became a parish church in the 1530s. To the right, the backyard of 83 Micklegate, better seen in the 2nd drawing.

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The first colour washes being added to a copy of a pen sketch of a bookshop. Books are displayed on shelves outside the shop as well as in the windows on both floors. Prints are also on show in rectangular cabinets attached to the sides of the lower floor window and in the doorway. The shop window and awning are green in colour while the adjoining shop has a pale blue colour scheme.

Pen sketch of two shop windows. One has various types of goods on show while the other has books on display both in the window and one shelves outside.

I finally got around to adding colour to a copy of a pen sketch of Minster Gate Bookshop. I wasn't sure I would be able to find the time to concentrate on it sufficiently given my wife's recent surgery and other family issues but it's coming along slowly.

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A horse engine or gin. It consists of a drum to which is fixed a rope that is turned by a beam that was attached to a horse via a harness. The horse used to wind the rope by walking in a circle on a paved path. The apparatus is built under a thatched roof made with timbers reused from older structures.

A horse gin in Kent. With its own little house made of reused timber, possibly from the nearby 13th century house that was rebuilt at about the same time as the horse gin was installed to raise water from a well.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil being used to draw a small brick house of two storeys and an attic. On the left a gateway to a church with the church doorway visible in the background.

The little house at 83 Micklegate, York was almost done OTD 2022. A self contained house by the entrance to Holy Trinity church built in the 18th century.

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Pencil drawing of a ginnel entrance with an ogee arched door head. Some posts of the timber framed building that the passage goes through can be seen through the opening.

The ginnel entrance at 37 Shambles, York. The 15th century building probably had a private entrance to the main living accommodation off the street front.

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Pencil drawing of a narrow passage or ginnel through a timber framed building. The post supporting the main structural beams can be seen with sturdy braces. Two people can be seen as silhouettes at the end of the passage.

Further along Shambles in York is another ginnel connecting Shambles Market to the older street. This one passes through 37 Shambles.

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Watercolour sketch of a window with stone surround in a brick wall.

Watercolour sketch of a window with stone surround in a brick wall. It has an arched hood moulding above the window.

Watercolour sketch of a window with a wooden frame in a brick wall.

A sketchbook is held aloft in front of a building to reveal a pencil sketch of one of the windows to the lower floor.

At 1st glance the windows of Merchant Adventurers Hall, York look alike. Closer inspection shows how different they are. Reminder from FB Memories, 2019.

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Pencil drawing of a doorway with two columns supporting a flat entablature with lamp. There are three steps leading to the door with railings protecting a light well to a basement.

The doorway of Bathurst House, Micklegate, York. One of the most important houses on the street, it was built just before 1724, and became the home of the High Sheriff of Yorkshire. It has earlier bits at the back. I drew it OTD 2017.

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Sketch of the ginnel entrance and handbag shop at 49 Goodramgate, York.

Another potential #ADoorableDoorway, this one is a ginnel with an iron gate, + the doorway of the handbag shop at 49 Goodramgate, York. The ginnel leads through the building to Powell's Yard, the Earworm Records shop & the Wealden hall at 51 Goodramgate.

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A pencil drawing of a medieval undercroft with row of timber posts supporting a number of large beams to span the large space. In the background a wide arched opening in the wall is partly filled with an open timber framed screen giving access to a chapel.

The screen of the chapel at Merchant Adventurers Hall, York, an offering for #ADoorableThursday. Well, it has a doorway in it. The impressive ceiling dates from 1357 (I think).

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A detailed woodcut-style print on textured deckle-edged paper depicting a cross-section view of a wooden beehive box. The interior reveals multiple horizontal layers of golden honeycomb filled with hexagonal cells in warm amber, orange, and yellow tones. At the center of the composition, a prominently featured queen bee with an elongated abdomen is highlighted against a glowing golden background. Approximately a dozen honeybees surround the hive structure — some crawling along the wooden frame, others depicted mid-flight around the exterior. The bees are rendered in classic black and golden-yellow stripes with detailed wing patterns. The wooden hive frame shows visible grain texture in rich brown and ochre tones. The bottom layer contains darker, irregular comb structures suggesting brood cells. The overall color palette is warm gold, amber, and black against the cream-white paper background, creating a rich, naturalistic illustration reminiscent of vintage botanical or scientific engravings.

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A pen sketch of a bookshop window with books on display in the windows and on shelves in front of the shop. The shop doorway is open on the left, giving a view of more shelving inside.

A nearly complete drawing of a bookshop window with the pen used, a Staedtler Pigmentliner 0.05, alongside to the right.

A partially completed drawing of a bookshop window and doorway with the Staedtler Pigmentliner pen alongside.

A partially completed drawing of a bookshop window with the pen laid on top. The lightly drawn pencil guidelines of the drawing can be seen in the unfinished areas n

For #WindowsOnWednesday here is Minster Gates Bookshop, York.

Started as a distraction while my wife was having surgery on her broken collar bone, finished in short bursts while looking after her at home afterwards.

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Pencil drawing of a nearly deserted narrow street lined with medieval and later buildings of three storeys.

Pencil sketch of medieval buildings on a narrow street, based on an old photograph. There are shops on the lower floor with open fronts and wide shelves for the display of goods.

Shambles, York. The recent drawing compared to an older one based on an older photo. This shows nos 7-9 with open shop fronts and shamels or shelves for displaying goods.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil and Tombow Mono Zero eraser rest on a drawing of a brick building and a churchyard gate with an iron lamp holder. In the background a church doorway can be seen under the foliage of a tree.

Facebook reminded me I was busy going back & forth with shading this 18th century brick gable on Micklegate, York in 2022.

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A Pentel 0.5mm pencil and Click eraser at rest on incomplete drawing of a three storey timber framed building.

A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil being used to add details to a drawing of an arched window supporting two semi-clad female figures.

A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil being used on a drawing of a man in a dugout using an instrument to calculate the height of an aeroplane flying overhead.

A Pentel 0.5mm pencil being used on a drawing of lobster pots on a quayside with buildings in the background.

Some more favourite 'in progress' pencil shots for #NationalPencilDay. The drawings are 45 Goodramgate, York; 5-7 Coppergate, York; an observer corps volunteer in 1940 & lobster pots at Staithes, North Yorkshire.

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Watercolour and pencil drawing of a group of people in a street that has early medieval buildings on the left. In the background is York Minster, glimpsed between tall buildings with shops on the ground floor.

Another FB memory shows an experimental watercolour on a photocopy of an earlier pencil drawing in 2017.

Looking into Minster Gates from Stonegate, York. On the left is a row of houses built in 1318-19 for rent.

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Pen and watercolour sketch of a narrow passageway or snicket. The path goes through the building in the background.

The snicket from Grape Lane to Coffee Yard and Stonegate, York. The green doors are par today Barley Hall, a medieval house that was later used for various purposes, including as a print works.

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A conjectural reconstruction of a medieval door canopy using evidence sketched on site and a drawing of a comparable canopy from elsewhere in York.

Sketch done on site of a timber framed building in York showing the overhanging floors or jetties and brackets by the entrance that may be the remains of a more substantial structure for a canopy.

On the left is the sketch of the medieval building in York. On the right is a sketch of a surviving door canopy elsewhere in York. In the centre the reconstructed door canopy.

A detailed drawing of the medieval door canopy at Jacob's Well in York used as the model for the reconstruction drawing of the Goodramgate building.

It's possible 45 Goodramgate, York had a door canopy like the one at Jacob's Well. I had a go at reconstructing it by superimposing sketches of them both. The joy of thinking with a pencil.

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Pencil study of an elaborately decorated door canopy set in a wall of old brickwork.

The doorway of Jacob's well, Trinity Lane, York. It is thought the door canopy, from the demolished Wheatsheaf public house in Davygate, was added in 1904 when the building became the parish rooms of Holy Trinity church, Micklegate.

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