From my schooldays by Jenny Harris

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What lovely drawings Jenny, I can remember Thelwell cartoons, great to have found them.

Posted by Linda Drury on Sun 19 Jan 15:44:50

These are lovely Jenny, how wonderful to have them to look back on.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 19 Jan 15:51:43

How lovely to have found some childhood drawings, and very good they are too. Thelwell was a brilliant artist. (I wish I had some of mine...they would have been Desperate Dan and Dan Dare...top boys comics in my day.)

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sun 19 Jan 16:43:03

Extremely proficient Jenny

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sun 19 Jan 17:07:32

Lovely memories to come across, Jenny.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sun 19 Jan 17:07:41

I had these books too - loved them! Very well done.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Sun 19 Jan 20:45:35

Thanks for the comments. (Yes, it’s lovely to have these to look back on - one of the benefits of being a hoarder!)

Posted by Jenny Harris on Sun 19 Jan 20:58:36

Great drawings, I wonder how many people learned to draw by copying comics and cartoons. One of my first was Andy Capp.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 20 Jan 07:16:45

Memories … lovely

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 20 Jan 08:15:59

Thanks Paul and Heather! (I’ve been looking through my old Thelwell books this morning, the humour in them is brilliant and so well observed.)

Posted by Jenny Harris on Mon 20 Jan 08:52:37

As said Thelwell was very good and very funny ! And your sketches are excellent.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Mon 20 Jan 18:04:22

Thanks, Richard!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Tue 21 Jan 08:31:51

Hang on Studio Wall

19/01/2020

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Just been having a clear out and came across a whole folder of drawings which I didn’t know I had from my schooldays. I’m ashamed to say I never sketch now, but was constantly drawing when I was younger. Thought I’d post these two as they made me smile and brought back memories - my life revolved around horses and these were copies of Thelwell cartoons. In fact, posting these prompted me to dig out my old Thelwell cartoon books - the drawings are brilliant, but it’s the captions that make them.

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Jenny Harris

I paint mainly in watercolour, often including other media such as pen and ink, pastel or collage. My main interest is in colour and design and most of my work is quite stylised and often illustrative. I enjoy experimenting with acrylic inks, particularly using cling film to create texture, and…

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