More sketches from my first term of John Norris Wood’s natural history illustration course at the Royal College of Art, fifty years ago in the autumn of 1972. Again, I can see the influence of Victor Ambrus, which was no bad thing. I was happiest drawing in black and white, not surprisingly as the method that I used for the colour here was to carry around three bottles of indian ink in the primary colours, red, blue and yellow.
Marvelous sketches even if they are from your early career as they show your skills quite clearly! I, thanks for the lead, searched for Victor Ambrus because of your reference, and am amazed of his talent and his contributions. There is a lovely video on YouTube from the Time Team and their tributes following his death to him in case you wish to see him in action. Many thanks for your posts as I enjoy them all.
Frank Bettendorf
I once wrote to him and got a lovely letter back, which I’ll post online when I find it. Time Team is now in action again but in an online subscription-only form. Wonder if they’re looking for a resident artist to replace Victor 🙂