27 Thursday Sep 2018
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I had a stinking cold yesterday which has now transformed into a head full of sludge leaving me with the need to be curled up in a ball, not at work. Nothing was happening yesterday, so no sketch, but today I managed to scratch something out.
These were all done really quick and in pen. They’re not that accurate, but you get a feeling of their intense concentration.
25 Tuesday Sep 2018
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Today was a wonderfully bright day, so I went for a lunchtime walk through Cannon Hill Park. This pen sketch captures the dramatic long shadows cast by the trees.
24 Monday Sep 2018
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I’m going to be busy this evening so I’ll post the second page of my biographical comic strip. It’s not great, but you gett the idea.
23 Sunday Sep 2018
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Whoops. I missed a couple of days due to being very busy and very tired.
I was tidying up yesterday and I found some charcoal pencils I’d forgotten I’d bought. I thought I’d give them a go today. Desperate for ideas of what to draw I asked my daughter to pick out some toys I could sketch and here they are.
This first one isn’t great – the ears are way too short. The second one is much better.
19 Wednesday Sep 2018
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This is a bit of a cheat, but it’s been a long day, and I’m pooped. This is a biographical comic I knocked out a while ago.
I remember being quite chuffed with this when I first did it, but with hindsight, it’s not that great.
18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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I missed yesterday’s sketch because I was at a gig in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Swoon, how exotic. I went to see the incredibly talented Graham Coxon. It was one of those gigs that you know will stay with you a long time. Coxon is moving, evocative, at ease, awkward, brave, nervous, challenging, innovative and most of all mesmerising. His guitar playing leaves me speechless. Such a huge talent.
Anyway, after all that build up, here’s my average sketch of the great man in action.
This is Staedtler pigment liner straight onto paper – that’s fibre-tip pen to you and me. It’s not too bad considering – guitars are always a bastard to draw. There’s lots wrong with this, shush, but I think the hair’s okay.
18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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A quick robo sketch for yesterday.
Biro on paper.
16 Sunday Sep 2018
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An art filled day in London lead to trying to sketch on the train – not great. The sketch below is from a photo I took on the train.
The one below was abandoned due to the ricketiness of the train.
15 Saturday Sep 2018
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These were really quick, less than a minute each, because he kept moving and I didn’t want him to know I was sketching him.
We’re off to London tomorrow. I may attempt some sketching from the train!
14 Friday Sep 2018
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Day fourteen and I’m knackered; not from sketching, but I’ve found it hard to gather any enthusiasm for today’s sketches and it probably shows. Welcome to the world of big-eye and crap hands. 
Still, I’m nearly half way through and I’m still enjoying it. Hopefully, I’ll feel inspired and energised after a relaxing weekend.
Garrie Fletcher 