The Hendon Walrus

I’ve been working on a series of fairly complicated buildings drawings but occasionally I might try something different. In this case that is a quick sketch and watercolour from a photograph. My subject is an WW2 air-sea rescue biplane – the Supermarine Walrus- which is housed in the RAF Museum at Hendon, north London. This […]

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A drawing of a Brisfit

Hendon Air Museum is one place I hope to return to this year when I feel confident that the ravages of Covid have sufficiently abated. In the meantime I’ve been doing some sketching and drawing from photographs taken years ago on previous visits to the museum. The drawing above is of a Bristol reconnaissance aircraft […]

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Line and wash of a Supermarine Walrus

As a bit of a change I sometimes do more illustrative line drawings or line and washes. Here is my latest; its an illustration based on an old WW2 search and rescue Biplane, the type that Eric Ravilious flew in as a war artist. Below is my drawing with a little bit of shading… And […]

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A Hawker Hart Biplane

Another in the vein of my more illustrative style – here is my depiction of a historic biplane. I think this is a Hawker Hart from the 1930s – based on a lovely restored example at RAF Hendon.

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Sopwith Camel

Something different – here is my attempt at this famous WW1 fighter biplane.

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