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Architect and illustrator. Freehandlines.co.uk

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Simpsons on the Strand. A famous historic restaurant and a favourite of Churchills (however he did like to eat out a lot) set to reopen this year!

10.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Love drawing will never stop

09.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy women’s day. Venus de milo in sketch

08.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m going international some drawings. Three drawings of three countries. Any guesses?

08.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holland Park in London. So beautiful

04.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks and I love that place!

03.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I have a free Patreon with tips which may help. Good luck on your journey

03.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t you love the corners of Baroque churches. This one’s St. Stephen’s in Passau Germany captured in watercolour.

03.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Petra Treasury in pen and watercolour. Amazing skill in cutting these temples for the rock. This one actually contains burials underneath.

01.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who doesn’t love a hot se with ivy, a big garden and a stream!

26.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before and after, which is best?

25.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Christ’s College, Cambridge. Apparently the mulberry tree in its garden has its own ghost. A remorseful old Fellow Christopher Round paces around the tree and the 17th-century swimming pool at midnight; he allegedly drowned a romantic rival there centuries ago.

24.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Study of the coliseum and its immense arches. It’s peeking through two trees I haven’t finished and damn I just noticed I missed a window at the top πŸ˜‚

22.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Arches always seem to lead someplace special. Think I got the perspective a bit off on this one πŸ˜‚

21.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Watercolour is particularly good at capturing light on architecture. Luminous

20.02.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gates mean so much in Western and Eastern cultures. Here is a watercolour of the Gate of Literature. The Gate known as VΔƒn MiαΊΏu MΓ΄n, is the main entrance to the Temple of Literature (VΔƒn MiαΊΏu) in Hanoi, Vietnam. A thousand years old…

18.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I love the way sandstone gives depth and smoky shadows. Before and after in watercolour. This painting is Battle Abbey.

18.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just love reflections in watercolour…

17.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before and after in pen and watercolour

16.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next three ready to watercolour. Love drawing architecture!

14.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems magical

14.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ivy Garden Chelsea. You know it used to be a pub called the six bells for 600 years or so. The bells still hand in the Ivy. #watercolour

13.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow was it good?

13.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cottage goals. This lovely building is Caswell House captured in watercolour

12.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Foundling Museum. The first place established to protect vulnerable children. Lovely.

11.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Holburne in Bath. Now a museum but previously a hotel where some pretty racy things went on!

11.02.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hatfield House in watercolour. In November 1558 the young Elizabeth Tudor was sitting under this great oak when she was told that her half‑sister Mary I had died and that she herself was now queen of England. The oak died so in 1985 Queen Elizabeth II planted a replacement. Lovely.

10.02.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I do like a pretty door and sometimes that can just be colour and nature.

09.02.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I never know which is best. Often the ink is more popular on socials

09.02.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much. Mainly pen these days. I will set up pencil guides first often. I show my process on my Patreon. Take a look it’s alway free as I hope to pass on my techniques, I think they are easy in a way

08.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0