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Dalserf – Kirk Road
Drive along the Clyde Valley tourist route towards Lanark (A72) and you will pass a small sign to Dalserf Church. Slow down and you will see a further sign “Dalserf 1655” and you may catch a glimpse of the street … Continue reading
Drawing a Scottish Street: Bloomgate, Lanark
Scotland is an ongoing adventure but leaving Staffordshire was quite a tug. After living 24 years in the area you can imagine that the hardest part was saying goodbye to friends and all those people that make up the fabric … Continue reading
Lord Combermere and the Crown of Audlem
The Lord Combermere Audlem, is a family run pub and has a regular entry into the Good Beer Guide. It’s situated at the intersection of Audlem’s two main roads, one of which was the Market Drayton to Nantwich turnpike road and … Continue reading
2-30a High Street, Eccleshall
Hello and a warm welcome back to my blog. I have had a quiet spell recovering from some fractures and it is great to be back drawing again. It has been a tonic to work on the second drawing of … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, drawing, Eccleshall Conservation Area, Streetscape art
Tagged Architectural illustration, architecture, drawing streets, Eccleshall Conservation area, Eccleshall Pharmacy, Eclipse Hair Eccleshall, Edge Goodrich eccleshall, Francesco Group Eccleshall, Gallery at 12 Eccleshall, High St Eccleshall, katherine house eccleshall, London House, Mr Simms Sweet shop, Nisa Local Eccleshall, pen and ink, pen and ink drawing, Spencer Jewellers, Star Cafe Eccleshall, Star Pizza Eccleshall, The Arcade Eccleshall, the Artisan Eccleshall, The Bell eccleshall, Wines Etc Eccleshall, Wynns Independent haulage Ltd
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Eccleshall – Stone Road
Hello and welcome back to my drawing archive. It has been a while since I have posted over here but it doesn’t mean I have fallen off the wagon, far from it! I have been getting stuck into quite a … Continue reading
Bishy Road, East Side
The Bishy Road is complete! It has been a delight to draw this street and to get such an enthusiastic response to my drawings. Thank you Bishy Roaders! As my first drawing of this street went to press, you were … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Bishy Road, building conservation, drawing, Tour de Yorkshire
Tagged Bike shop, Bishopthorpe Road Pharmacy, Bishy Road, Costcutter, Cycle Heaven, Delicatessen, drawing streets, Evolve Hairdressing, Fishermans Wife, Fruitique York, Great British High Street, M&K Butchers, rainbow House Takeaway, The Good Food Shop
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Market Place Burslem, North Side
This fine 19th century building has beautiful ceramic tiles at the gable apex and was once used as meeting rooms for the Liberal Club. It is wonderful to see that since its state of dereliction it has been repaired … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, building conservation, Burslem Drawings, Burslem Regeneration Company, Burslem Townscape Heritage Initiative, drawing
Tagged Albani Spice, Burslem, Burslem Conservation area, CAB Insurance Brokers, liberal Club, Nowell Mellor Solicitors Burslem, Silver Coin Amusements Burslem, Stevens Solicitors Burslem
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Burslem: Market Place, South Side
This project to reinstate the original window layout to the first and second floors of the Post Office was done with the help of the Burslem Regeneration Company. There was a meeting held here in 1769, between Josiah Wedgewood and … Continue reading
Audlem, Stafford Street, The Square and Shropshire Street
The following drawings are all extracts from the one drawing of this beautiful village in Cheshire, close to the borders of Staffordshire and Shropshire. It is a place that our family have visited for almost twenty years by this summer … Continue reading
Drawing the Detail 