The Crown

The Crown Hotel sketch

As a complete change from the graphic symmetry of the library logo on our day off in Harrogate today I’ve gone for a freeform drawing exercise, suggested by Ian Burke of the Staithes Gallery on a recent episode of Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes.

In contrast to all the planning that went into constructing the library facade for the logo, the aim here is to keep your pen on the paper and just keep drawing.

Crown Hotel
The subdued colour and rippled detail remind me of early Lucian Freud paintings (my favourite period in his work 🙂 ).

I know what you’re thinking, even for a freeform drawing isn’t that too wobbly? But I was drawing through the windows of the Palm Court Cafe above Farrar’s so I was looking through the rippled glass leaded lights of the cafe’s windows.

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Staithes Gallery

The Crown Hotel, Harrogate

Palm Court Cafe, Harrogate