i did sketches on sight as well which can be found in my sketch book. However not all of them are of the Lune Estate.

The album 'the Last Ship' is all about a ship building neighborhood, a community. Now i have family in Liverpool and so during galleries week i went out to Liverpool with hopes to get some shots of the dry docks there which, according to Google earth were easily accessed and open for you to take lots of photos.

However this was not the case. Upon arrival at the dry docks i found that the docks now belong to BAE systems and all had massive roofs to them. more than that, as it happened during that week, a royal navy destroyer was having a bit of a refit, or something, the guy at the gate didn't say and i didn't ask. I did ask if i was allowed to take pictures or even speed sketch the cranes and dry docks, of course i said i had no interest in the ships. This wasn't good enough i'm afraid and i was not given permission to take photos or draw on sight. So no pictures for my project. Sad times.

But no one likes a quiter and on my way back to Lancaster i took a different route home and came across a bridge and industrial wasteland that was in serious need of being photographed.

Again i drew quick sketches with charcoal and pencil which can be found in my sketch book.