Roy Willingham ~ Artist Printmaker and constructor of things

sketchbooks

I have been drawing in sketchbooks since I was on my Foundation course - our drawing tutor recommended we draw in a sketchbook every day. I don’t manage to do that but I have accumulated quite a number of sketchbooks. (currently I’m working in No.46)

italian landscape - Orvieto

italian landscape - Orvieto

watercolour, 2nd June 1995

landscape studies

landscape studies

watercolour, 7th June 1994 Sketchbook 36

small studies made from the giardini pubblici in Ascoli Piceno, Italy

canal scene

canal scene

watercolour, 22nd June 1994 Sketchbook 37

view on the Grand Canal in Venice looking towards San Geremia

sicilian landscape

sicilian landscape

pencil and watercolour, 16th May 1992 Sketchbook 35

drawing from the amphitheatre in Taormina, Sicily looking south

Looking west from Volterra

Looking west from Volterra

watercolour, 14th July 2019 Sketchbook 44

this was made sitting in the grounds of the Roman amphitheatre just outside the town walls

Greek hillside

Greek hillside

pencil and watercolour, 26th August 2018, Sketchbook 44
view of a hillside from Skiathos Town on the island of Skiathos

Hastings from the East Hill

Hastings from the East Hill

watercolour and pencil, 1st April 1982, Sketchbook 24

made during one of many drawing trips I made to Hastings in the 1980s, this later became the basis for a painting

Calascibetta from Enna

Calascibetta from Enna

pencil and watercolour wash, 14th May 1992 Sketchbook 35

One of my favourite views in Sicily this later became a tiny wood engraving

Pincio Gardens, Rome

Pincio Gardens, Rome

watersoluble graphite pencil, 2nd September 2017 Sketchbook 43

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italian landscape - Orvieto

landscape studies

sicilian landscape

Looking west from Volterra

Hastings from the East Hill

Calascibetta from Enna

Pincio Gardens, Rome