'Couple on seat' sculpture by Lynn Chadwick

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How very clever, i really like how you have captured this Peter, it is really good :-) i have not heard of this paper you used before :-)

Thanks Rebecca - you can buy the paper, loosely or in pads at Paperchase and good art suppliers ; )

love your city sketches, Peter

Strong winds again today but dry at least. Right outside the Ogilvy office is this bronze by Lynn Chadwick. I was surprised to see the date of 2000, having presumed it was a 1970s piece, similar to the Henry Moore abstracted figures that I used to see around Harlow, Essex when I was younger. A ring of tiered seating surrounds this and a fountain, so I had a comfortable sketching position. Drawn with a soft (7B) pencil, the paper's tooth was rather too rough for any subtle variations of tone, but the wash of sepia over the top helped with that. Dry pigment on the brush dragged upwards (left figure) lent an appropriately rough texture in places. Winsor and Newton watercolour on 210gsm Khadi (Indian handmade) 'rough' paper pad.