January Sketchbook

A second gallery of pages which didn’t make it into my daily posts, taken from my Dove Grey A5 landscape Pink Pig sketchbook.

New year's day: a morning walk at Nostel Priory.
Oyster mushroom, Thornes Park.
Two species of spurge from the greenhouse.
Kestrel over the meadow.
Sedge on Langsett Moor.
Texel ewe, Cannon Hall Farm Park.
Tree drawn at the Thyme cafe, Cannon Hall Garden Centre.
The Kirkgate to Barnsley railway embankment, drawn from the cafe at Blacker Hall Farm.
Sunburst lichen and crottle on a poplar at Alverthorpe Meadows, Wakefield.
Olive branch, blown from a container grown tree at Bella Italia, Birstall.

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Richard on First Day, Royal College of Art, 19721 December 2025
No, I remember the name of band, but didn’t get to the performance.
Aymeric Leroy on First Day, Royal College of Art, 19721 December 2025
Hi, did you diary by any chance record a Christmas 1972 concert at the college featuring two then up-and-coming bands,…
bruce baillie on Batley School of Art, 196916 November 2025
I'm certainly interested. I attended Batley Art College from 1970-74 studying graphic design
Prof Samantha Broadhead on Batley School of Art, 196913 November 2025
Hello, I am the person Richard refers to. I am Prof Samantha Broadhead from Leeds Arts University. Would love to…
Richard on Batley School of Art, 196911 November 2025
Hi Julie, there’s a project to record memories of Batley, led by ex-Batley graphics student Prof. Pat Broadbent. Would you…