St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

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Love all things Gothic - so this was a treat to the eyes - never heard of the Renaissance Hotel so thanks for that

This is splendid Peter you have done justice to this marvellous gothic building admirably

I've been freelancing at St Luke's agency between London''s King's Cross and Euston stations for a few weeks. Sitting in the sunshine at The British Museum over a week ago I attempted to sketch this ludicrously complex building in my lunch hour. It's now known as The Renaissance Hotel, built in 1873 in an ornately gothic style. A bit of a textbook mistake as it was far too ornate to complete even just the linework in one lunchtime! Since that day, we've experienced a rather typical British June. Blustery showers and wind! So I've not been able to complete the sketch until today when the sun was out and big, billowing clouds filled the sky. Which is far more interesting than a blank blue one, of course. It had rained earlier today, so my previous perch atop a stone wall was unusable. So, standing up in a windy corner, I completed the painting. This stage much easier than the drawing bit. I had used a sketching cartridge pad, (Daler-Rowney Fine Grain Heavy) but it's only 200gsm, not really a heavy compared to a 300gsm watercolour paper that I would normally use. As such, the substrate was a bit poor in giving me the usual benefits of a watercolour paper such as blending opportunities and slow drying time, but the result was a good one nevertheless. Blogged at www.petergander.blogspot.com