The little town I live in has had a lot of drug-related crime and as such it is appropriate that we should have one of the most handsome police stations in the country. When I was producing views of Blyth for sale I just had to draw the police station … it took me about twelve hours, using Rotring Isograph pens. Please note I drew this seventeen years ago.
I have spent many a happy hour in this building. Here below is the first version of this drawing that I did in 1989. I later showed it to a professional artist, who commented that it was a good drawing, but possibly spoiled by my inclusion of the bus shelter and the lamp posts, which were obscuring the view somewhat. I patiently sat down and, over about ten or twelve hours (in two hour sessions) I repeated the drawing … minus the obscuring parts. That was when i learned the valuable lesson that artists don’t have to include EVERYTHING :) I used Rotring Isograph pens by the way.
I started this yesterday and finished it this evening (21st December 2008). I used a Rotring Isograph pen and a Rotring Rapidograph pen and watercolour washes. FEATURED BY NORTH EAST ENGLAND GROUP – 31st December 2008 FEATURED BY DIMENSIONS GROUP – 24th September 2009
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