My pocket sketchbook - Trains to Kew Gardens Aug 2024
These two people have never met, nor have they ever sat next to each other.
I drew the woman in August 2024 on the train to Richmond. She was in animated conversation with a friend, one leg crossed over the other and the bag propped on her lap. There was just enough time to try to scribble a semblance in my sketchbook before she stood to leave.
Then at Richmond I boarded the District Line train to Kew Gardens. I had just one stop to sketch, so I drew the man with headphones as if he was seated next to the chatty woman on the train. Back home in the studio I added layers of colour, asking myself what this sketch of a couple-who-aren't-a-couple needed. All I could think of was wallpaper.
Original
Ink and watercolour in A6 sketchbook
