I sat near the Community Centre and looked East.
I enjoyed the bold statement of the vertical yellow rubbish chute, visible above the balconies.
There were many plants on people’s balconies. I didn’t draw them all. Many people had window boxes, with geraniums and trailing leaves. On the upper floor, a length of camouflage netting hung across the balcony. You can just see it towards the middle of the picture. Then there were the three rose bushes, sketched in the foreground. All the while, the fountain played. There were lilies in the pond.
Stanley Cohen was chairman of the City of London public health committee in 1954. His name appears on the almost-indecipherable Foundation stone on Bowater House, near where I did this drawing.
The Corporation of London
This Foundation Stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London
Sir Noel Vansittart Bowater BT MC
on the Twenty First Day of July 1954
Stanley Edward Cohen Esq Chairman of the Public Health Committee
Thomas Cuthbert Harrowing Esq Late Chairman
Architects Chamberlain Powell and Bon
Substructure Contractors Griggs & Son Ltd
Superstructure Contractors George Wimpey & Co Ltd
Here is work in progress and a map.
This drawing is 25cm by 16cm, 10 inches by 6½ inches on Arches 300gsm watercolour paper. It took 1½ hours. After a preliminary sketch, shown in the gallery above, I started work on this drawing at 14:30 and finished at 16:00. The colours are Fired Red Ochre, Mars Yellow, Perylene Maroon, and Phthalo Turquoise, over De Atramentis document black ink.
Here is a collection of my drawings of the Golden Lane Estate:
Jane Sketching 