Sculptures are everywhere! We may not notice them but once you start looking you find they are. Even in less populated areas you stumble across sculptures like the Willow Man on the A5. But Cities are littered with Sculptures! Frequently traditional busts and figures, memorials depicting noteable worthies associated with the place. Then there are […]
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What’s the tallest skyscraper in London? It’s a common question. Skyscrapers compete for height. No sooner is one boasting a record than a new rival it is announced as countries vie against each other to hold the record. It’s the same in major cities across the globe. Size isn’t everything though. Being the tallest will
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And along comes the bus, Just in time. ©2014 – Cathy Read – Then along came the Bus – Watercolour and Acrylic – 29.7×21 cm – £160 Those sculptures are something else, aren’t they? They’re the work of Lynn Chadwick, on the corner of Bishopsgate and Wormwood Street in London. I’m planning some more transport
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Another iconic image now, the red bus. Although this one isn’t a Routemaster, that’s my next project… If you look carefully you can see the masked outlines of the Gherkin. (I know, I simply couldn’t resist.) I was taken with the statues and the Gherkin together. Then along came a bus… Maybe that should be
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Quite possibly my most elaborate painting yet! I’ve completed Sketching London… I’ve always liked multiple sketches on a page and wanted to achieve the same effect with this painting. London sketches includes most of the famous buildings and a few less well known that I’ve placed to balance the composition.
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This Week’s Work in Progress is one I’ve been planning for a while, A montage of London Sketches of Iconic Architecture. After Global village I’ve had so many requests to do one of London. So here it is… I love the sketchy feel so far. I wonder how it will turn out?
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