Tag: Building

  • Cranes of Kingston Part 2

    Cranes of Kingston Part 2

    More cranes new and old – there seems to be five now hovering over Kingston, whereas as you can see from these older drawings from 2022 there only used to be one, then three. They are multiplying! It’s like the Tripods in construction form….Surprised I didn’t post the Woody’s drawing here, that was a good…

  • Many Times of Kingston Market

    Many Times of Kingston Market

    Kingston Market is an ancient market – it’s existed as a meeting place since 1170 and the first recorded market was 1242, so nearly a thousand years! It’s amazing how old some things are in the UK, we take them for granted, but many countries have only existed for a fraction of that time the…

  • Clock Tower, Surbiton

    Clock Tower, Surbiton

    Back in late March I did this rather detailed painting of the Clock Tower in Surbiton. I thought it was a War memorial, but a little Googling reveals it is ” a Grade II listed building completed in 1908 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII.  It has stone facing and ornamentation in the Gothic…