Among many other places we visited during the May holidays was Greenwich. We got there by boat and had a nice walk around. This sketch is from a top of a hill, above the prominent Greenwich meridian:
Lucy in the sky with babushka
For a great story by Olaf Koens, published in The Moscow News today.
McAlma-mater
Labels on the uniforms say: "doctor of science", "associate professor".
The Moscow News story by Sara Buzadzhi.
Napoleon's Frog
Шуткой острой любил граф Кутузов
Подразнить отступавших французов.
«Бонапарт Напольон
Съел с лягушкой бульон».
Выдал как-то экспромтом Кутузов.
А. Дубровский, 2011
Prince Kutuzov liked to tease the retreating French with the acute joke. "Napoleon Bonaparte ate the soup with the frog. " Once he said impromptu. (makeshift translation of A. Dubrovski's poem).
Using medicine to change gender
Canary Caged
Have a Happy May!
Pozner interviews Zyuganov
For an article by Mark Teeter, The Moscow News
Spotting your right bottle of wine
For an article about the restaurant techniques of ordering a la carte.
Get out of my swamp!
On the theme of industrialised extraction of turf practised by peat companies.
Homer's ink
У Гомера иссякли чернила,
Когда он сочинял про Ахилла.
И сказал он тогда,
Вовсе то не беда:
Ведь я слеп – ну зачем мне чернила!
А. Дубровский, 2011
Homer ran out of ink when he was writing about Achilles. But he said: "This is no trouble - as I'm a blind man anyway!"(makeshift translation of A. Dubrovski's poem).
Sketches from Wimbledon Common
I had a chance to sketch a bit yesterday, in the first part of the day when the sun was still shining and the rainy clouds were yet far away. Here's the view on the "Fox and Grapes" pub from the neighbouring park:
And this is a pond with ravens in the park itself:
Stalin advert
Computer driver
Meat for Pushkin
Red Square police
A cartoon for a story about the friendly law enforcement in Moscow.
Richmond Park
posted on Sketchcrawl and on Urban Sketchers
Richmond bridge
A view of Richmond bridge from a cafe next to it (southern bank of the river).
posted on Sketchcrawl and on Urban Sketchers
Kingston town centre
I was sitting in the sun while sketching and noticed the sun is quite hot for April weather.
posted on Sketchcrawl and on Urban Sketchers
Leaving village
For a story about a guy, 50-something, who sold his home in the village and left Russia for Bulgaria (The Moscow News newspaper).
Spotting the right bottle of wine sketch
