Nice day, not so busy, feeling good about the drawings I did in Scotland last week, so off to the official Church of the Corporation of London.
Unlike all the churches I've drawn so far, St Lawrence is not hemmed in by other buildings and has the large open space of Guildhall Square beside it. So I chose to draw across the square. I wish I hadn't.
I was trying to draw small and neat with a nib that has worked really well on larger looser drawings. But the scale of the church isn't right, the drawing looks tentative and naive. Maybe I should have found a different view with a vertical composition, or turned the pad round and drawn landscape. Certainly, the drawing lacks energy and attack.
The church is one of Wren's most expensive buildings. He didn't set too much store by right angles and this was clear when I sat and looked hard at St Lawrence. It was badly damaged in the Blitz, losing the top half of it's spire and the interior gutted. It's been restored with city money and the interior is now back to being bling. It is now not a parish church as it is a guild church.
Need to sort out my nibs and try harder next time.
Sat on wooden chair supplied by Guildhall, outside entrance to Guildhall art gallery. One keen artist came to have a look but didn't seem too impressed. He clearly had a good eye.
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