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Pen, watercolour crayon and brush markers in small Cornellison & Son sketchbook. 

The solace of objects

The theme of my last visit to London was the solace of objects, which is the title of the exhibition curated by artist Felicity Powell at the wonderful Wellcome Collection. The subject of THINGS/ STUFF and how we use them/it is dear to my heart. The exceptional and inspirational exhibition curated by Grayson Perry at the British Museum could also be described as exploring this theme. This sketchbook is small.

Pencil, watercolour pencil, and brush markers in small Cornellison & Son sketchbook.

Abroad at home

London

British Museum

Pencil and pencil crayon in Moleskine sketchbook.

Pencil, pencil crayon and brush marker in Moleskine sketchbook.

Spent a long time at the exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings feeling both humbled and exalted. I've included the sort of page that I usually leave out of the blog: lots of notes that I may never look at again, or that may serve as aide memoires if I write something about the show, though I did indulge in the catalogue too.

Design/sculpture

All are  pencil and pencil crayon in Moleskine sketchbook.

These sketches are from the wonderful exhibition of Ron Arad's work, on the cusp between design and sculpture, at the Barbican Centre in London. 

Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, London

Pencil, pencil crayon and watercolour in Moleskine sketchbook. 

Playback again: amber as time capsule, and the magic of fossils.

The Foundling Museum, and sushi

Pencil, pencil crayon, watercolour pencil crayon and collage in Moleskine sketchbook.

The Foundling Museum in London was once the Foundling Hospital, enjoying sponsorship by both Handel and Hogarth. Very moving... with temporary exhibition by Paula Rego, Matt Colishaw and Tracey Emin. I was especially struck by the tiny pink-painted bronze cast of a baby's bootee that Tracey Emin placed on the step to the building, a haunting evocation of the fate of both mothers and foundlings. But I sketched the dark, scary photograph by Matt Colishaw of two babies on a dilapidated sofa, guarded by two feral dogs.

Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, London

Pencil, pencil crayon and pastel in Moleskine sketchbook.