He was a rigger in recalibration after a stint of night shifts.
A large dram was administered as I sat outside drawing. John sat on the other bench with the bottle of Bushmills. He wore a jumper forgotten on the pulley by another (smaller) hosteler. A couple more draughts were drawn before he disappeared rig-lagged into his room.
I don't know where this drawing is now, possibly on an oil rig miles out into the North Sea. Autumn migration south may have taken it to a different beach hut. A swap: heather and reed thatch for palm.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
A Drawing for A Dram
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A Tale of Two Saddles
I made a wee sketch of a tandem aboard the MV Loch Portain, the Berneray to Harris Ferry. The sketch went home with the owners of the bike, lovely Alan & Wendy, who we had met the day before.
The tandem has been Alan & Wendy's mode of transport on adventures all over the world, while we are touring novices; it was great to chat panniers and packing with them.
This week Alan & Wendy sent a photograph of the drawing, up on their wall alongside mementos from their other trips.
A & W also did a tour blog - warning - this site has quantities of powerfully diverting reading material!
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Drying Green
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010
On the tour
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scotland,
velvia 100,
west
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Monday, 11 October 2010
The Writing Room
New site just launched - for literary agent Maggie McKernan's consultancy The Writing Room. Featuring llustrations and hand drawn type from this stable! We did the site design and build too.
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2010,
digital,
illustration,
pen,
website
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Monday, 23 August 2010
Friday, 30 July 2010
Monday, 26 July 2010
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Friday, 16 July 2010
Friday, 25 June 2010
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Friday, 28 May 2010
Pentlands
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edinburgh,
harlaw,
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Monday, 17 May 2010
Shotses
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east,
edinburgh,
music,
on the town,
photograph,
scotland,
shots were fired,
tunes
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Friday, 14 May 2010
Pichu in Escallonia
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2010,
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digital,
favourite,
in the field,
photograph,
scotland,
west
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Saturday, 17 April 2010
1 o'clock 2 o'clock Wedlock
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2010,
dornoch,
dornoch cathedral,
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pen,
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scotland,
wedding
Friday, 16 April 2010
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Rookery
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rook,
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Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Postcards from the edge




Postcards from Canna. Some sent to twitter followers who responded to pre-trip offer of a card. More details here.
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plein air,
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watercolour,
west
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Hoodie / Dirty Magpie
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
the Orient, towards the Occident
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2008,
drawing,
east,
east anglia,
england,
norfolk,
pen,
sea palling,
the marrams
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Rosalind
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cambridge,
christ's college,
east,
east anglia,
england,
from the train,
photograph
Monday, 1 February 2010
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