A pen and ink drawing of John Knox’s house. This corner of the Royal Mile is unchanged from the time of the photograph. Changes to the shop fronts are superficial.

]]> An early pencil drawing, which was drawn when I lived in London. I painted an early oil painting off it, but was not satisfied with it.

]]> A pen and ink taken from an old photograph, although very little has changed, except the decorative chimney in the background is no longer there.

]]> This original was a pencil drawing drawn with a B6 pencil which I photocopied and re-drew with a pen. The subject shows the ‘Prentice Pillar’.

]]> I drew this pen and ink while lying on the floor, my cat came in with dirty paws and walked across the paper, unable to clean the paw prints, I turned them into clouds in the sky. Becoming the only pen and ink with a wash in it.

]]> This is the second of a smaller pen and ink drawings and is on an A4 piece of paper and drawn from a book of Scottish photographs, all in black and white.

]]> I drew this pen and ink in my dinner hours when working in B&Q Dundee, each day I drew a small area until it was finished, and is one of my favorite pen and inks.

]]> This is the first pen and ink I ever drew, and was the first of a series of four taken from postcards. Looking down Barrack Street, Looking Across Barrack Street, High Street with the Pillars and Carmichaels.

]]> One of a series of four pen and inks. These were the first pen and inks I ever drew, and they each took approximately 17 hours to draw.

]]> In this pen and ink drawing the building is already derelict, and as far as I know this whole area has been completely demolished. Although this subject makes and outstanding composition.

]]> As soon as I saw this photograph I knew I had to draw it. His cheeky face was such a character that I could not resist.

]]> A pen and ink drawing of an early photograph of Kirkcaldy High Street, with trams as the public transport. I have drawn many pictures of Kirkcaldy, but most have sold.

]]> This pen and ink drawing is taken from a photo circa 1950’s. The buildings are mostly still there but the shop fronts, fashion and transport are definitely not.

]]> This drawing shows the pillars which no longer stand, although many of the other buildings are still there. The Caird Hall stands in this area today.

]]> A very poor area of Glasgow. The slums were mainly all pulled down, and very little, if any, is still standing. One of my favourite pen and ink drawings.

]]> The Gallowgate is an area of Glasgow, this particular scene is no longer there. A pen and ink on board. I was intrigued by the way the photographer was in a position where the perspective is below and above.

]]> This pen and ink is one of a pair, and smaller than I would normally draw. The other is of Preston Mill. Both were discovered in an old photographic book I was given.

]]> This photo was taken at the east end of Princess Street, with horse drawn trams. One of a series of drawings I have featuring Edinburgh.

]]> A pen and ink drawing taken from a postcard. I have been trying to establish where Carmichaels was, but at the moment have had no success.

]]> A watercolour painting, painted in situ, with pen and ink drawing added later when I returned to the house. One of a series which will be ongoing, as I walk around the fields surrounding the house constantly.

]]> This was painted after walking across the road from my cottage, a sunny evening with a threat off rain. It was painted in situ using paint and water, laying in the grass, finished later in the evening in pen and ink.

]]> When going to Shell Bay we pass this view, painted in situ. The trees are near station cottages, beaching closed the railroad, but the cottages are delightful.

]]> West Muircambus farm is approximately half a mile from home and is a working farm. The large circular bales, were called rolly-polies by my grand-children and every time I see them a smile comes across my face. Watercolour painted in situ and finished at home with pen and ink.

]]> A watercolour painted in situ, and finished at the house pen and ink.

]]> For me a happy picture, that I painted with my grandson (about nine years old at the time) sitting beside me painting his version. I don’t know if he still has his watercolour. Finished with pen and ink.

]]> Painted from the Muircambus, looking back to my home, this time a pure watercolour, no pen and ink drawing, but daisies and poppies masked out to make the flowers stand out.

]]> Another subject near to my house, this is a watercolour painted in situ and completed with pen and ink when I returned home.

]]> Although I have seen many scenes like this in Scotland, this one came out of my head and was an exercise at the Largo Bay Art Club. Again a watercolour painting with pen and ink finishing.

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