Barbican at dusk

It was getting dark but I’d been indoors all day. I set off into the gloom with my drawing things.

It also started raining. Or maybe it was sleet.

I continued my peregrination through the dim streets. I like this time of day. In this weather, it’s not the “violet hour” of Mediterranean sunsets, but more like an Indigo hour, as the colours fade and go into dark smudges. I enjoyed the squares of light, each a little theatre of activity.

Here’s the picture I drew. It was sketched quickly on my walk, with the colour completed at home.

Here are the buildings:

In Wyvern sketchbook, on Arches paper, using Hansa Yellow mid (DS), and Transparent Pyrrol Orange (DS), with Perylene Maroon (DS) and Phthalo Blue Turquoise (W&N) for the sky and the darker greys. Fired Gold Ochre (DS) is in the mix for the Peabody Building.

I have drawn in and around the Barbican before. Here is a collection:

St Giles from Wallside, Barbican EC2

May 24, 2023May 22, 2023

Bastion House EC2 from 88 Wood Street

September 7, 2022

Bastion House, 140 London Wall

August 18, 2022

Shakespeare Tower, Barbican EC2

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022

The Museum of London EC2

February 22, 2022April 27, 2022

Willoughby House, Barbican EC2

April 16, 2021March 1, 2022

Citypoint from London Wall Place

April 13, 2021November 19, 2021

Cromwell Tower from the Podium

January 8, 2021March 1, 2022

Eglwys Jewin, the Welsh Church, from Golden Lane Estate

September 13, 2020November 19, 2021

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