A collection of sketches of London drawn by British illustrator Lis Watkins in 2015.

1. SketchingLondon2015

2. January
A chanceto draw one
of the London buses
which wereused in
the First World War to
transport troops, when
it was ondisplay at a
special London
Transport dayat the
Olympic Park.

3. February Tryingto capture the street artists at workin
Croydon’s Artists Quarter.

4. March
More street artists at work,this time
inthe Leake Street tunnelnear
Waterloo.

5. March
Sketching some of SouthLondon’s heritage
with the ‘FreeWatermenand Lightermen’s’
Almshouses in Penge and the Water Tower in
Park Hill Park, Croydon

6. April
Drawings from mysketchbook, made
along the Thames at Barnes, the day
before the annualUniversityBoat Race

7. April
Out and
about in
London on
the
Southbank
and at Kings
Cross station.

8. May
Views of the imposing MillenniumMills
building in Silvertown London, drawn
whena group from London Urban
Sketchers wereinvited onsite to record
the progress of the building
development work.

9. May & June
Two views of
the lovely Park
Hill Park in
Croydon.

10. July& August
As part of the Sydenham Arts
Festival, I exhibited work at ‘On the
Hoof’ bistro on thehigh street so it
seemed a good opportunity to do
some sketches of the interior.

11. August
AdmiraltyArchinthe Mall
and a 20th Century
interpretation in concrete
at Croydon College.

12. September
Drawing the preparations for a pop-up saffron farm ona
demolition site in the centreof Croydon. Theplan was to
plant over 20,000crocussativus corms and harvest the
crop before Christmas.

13. September Drawing the volunteershard at work
at CroydonSaffron Central.

14. October
Something old and
something new(ish) in
Croydon– ‘Wrencote’,
designed byone of Sir
Christopher Wren’s
pupils and the twentieth
centuryblock whichis
now the home of the
Easy Hotel.

15. October
Two views of Albert Bridge from
either side of the Thames, drawn on a
trip out with the London Urban
Sketchers.

16. November
Back to capture the saffron being carefully harvested at
Croydon Saffron Central. Theharvesters used tweezers to
collect the orange strands from the centreof each of the
flowers, putting theminto small jars, ready to betaken
offsite to be dried.

17. November
Anothertrip out with the London UrbanSketchers,
this time at a verybusy Borough Market.
Always a great venue for drawing, I had a go at
sketchingthe complicated roof structureand also
the little oval-shaped building, usedas the setting for
Bridget Jones’ flat inthe film “Bridget Jones’ Diary”.

18. December
Finishing off the yearby drawing Santa at
a special Christmas weekend at Venue28
inBeckenham.

19. All images copyrightLis Watkins 2015
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