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@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 7:00 AM

FB reminded me of these sketches I did in Carcassonne back in 2016. On the edge of the square, facing the cathedral; inside the cathedral: a well in the town & part of the New Town or Bastide (14th century).

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Pencil and watercolour drawing of a building with a stone facade with curved roof and timber framed side walls that overhang the lower storey. Monuments in the side wall of a cathedral seen through a number of stone columns. Drawing of a well with a stone frame for the bucket, the frame reinforced with later iron brackets. Pencil and watercolour sketch of four storey town houses seen through trees in a park of a French town in summer.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 4:26 PM

Alnmouth was once a busy port, traces of which can still be seen. Nanna Pat's Cafe & West Tower was the old custom house. Hindmarsh Hall was an 18th century granary. The Old Watchtower was the harbour master's office & lookout (we stayed here recently).

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Pen and watercolour drawing of a three storey house and shop, a three storey building in projecting upper floor windows and a three storey tower with a balustraded viewing platform on top. Pen sketch of a two storey former granary with tall pointed windows and bell on the gable. Pencil drawing of boats on a beach with a small tower of two storeys on higher ground to the left of some large houses.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 6:43 AM

Flashback to 2023. OTD I was waiting for feedback so I could finish a commissioned drawing (issues over some details of stonework) so I did a sketch of stonework, at Monk Bar, York. Mostly 14th century, with an upper storey added in the 15th century.

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Pen drawing of a round corner of a building carried up past the top of the walls with a sculpted figure on top. There is a row of cross shaped arrow slits on the rounded feature and a number of heraldic shields.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 2:12 PM

OTD (11th September) 2018 I finished this drawing of the Five Sisters Windows in the north transept of York Minster.

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A person walking across the 18th century tiled floor of York Minster with the five tall lancet windows known as the Five Sisters Windows in the background.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 7:20 PM

The main doorway of the Whittling House is 2nd from the left, partly obscured by a white car. It was once the entrance of the villa Osborne House, flanked by an earlier building to left & 2 smaller but similar houses to right.

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A row of former houses which now form a hotel and restaurant.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 6:48 PM

I managed a third sketch of Carcassonne, in the part between inner and outer walls known as the Lists, while having a picnic lunch. This has the Narbonne gate in the background behind another tower.

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Pencil and watercolour drawing of a medieval fortress town with battlemented walls and rounded towers with pointed roofs.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:21 PM

We had quite a day in Carcassonne. This is the inside of the Citadel gate.

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Pencil sketch of the gateway of the Citadel of Carcassonne, a very tall tower with few windows at lower levels and a small gateway. To the left is a lower, though still fairly high, wall with a timber structure on the top to protect soldiers defending the wall. On the right is a tall, three storey building with some exposed timber framing.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 9:37 AM

Another offering for #ADoorableThursday, the Narbonne Gate from the Bistro Fruit in Place Marcou in Carcassonne. I drew it while we had a sit down and leisurely bottle of beer on 10th September 2016.

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Pencil sketch of a tall gatehouse with three steeply pitched roofs and rounded outer walls. In the foreground are some folded parasols over picnic tables.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 5:22 AM

For #ADoorableThursday here is the entrance to the Whittling House, formerly Osborne House, 25 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth. The fine restaurant where my wife & I had dinner on our wedding anniversary recently.

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Pen sketch of a narrow doorway flanked by tall, narrow windows and topped by a rectangular hallway light. Above the doorway is a rectangular carved place bearing the name Osborne House.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 7:41 PM

I did a closer view of Minerva recently & added some colour. The sculpture depicts the goddess along books, a theatrical mask and an owl.

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Graphite and colour pencil drawing of a building on a street corner with a sculpture of the Roman goddess of the arts, theatre and wisdom, Minerva.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 2:47 PM

Minster Gates & High Petergate, York. The c1900 lamp post was damaged by a delivery van in spring 2022 but restored. Minerva meanwhile has presided over the junction since around 1800 after an 18th century revamp of a 14th century building.

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A lamp post stands at the corner of a street beside a tall brick building with a Regency period shop front. The street sign reads MINSTER GATES and is placed alongside a sculpture of the goddess Most Minerva.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 5:17 AM

41-45 Goodramgate, better known as La Piazza, now La Piazza Antica, back in 2017. It still has a single storey open hall behind the facade & traces of fancy brackets for a canopy over the doorway.

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Pencil drawing of a three storey timber framed building with exposed timbers. There are projecting windows to the upper floors and a large shop window to the bottom floor. The entrance is marked by a pair of large brackets which stand out as black next to window.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 7, 2026, 6:10 PM

In the evening the students and tutors went on the Theakston's Brewery tour, near where they were staying, in Masham. A chance to practice sketching while listening to the tour guide. The cooper was particularly interesting.

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Pen sketches of the Theakston's Brewery cooperage. Theakstons employ a cooper to make barrels and an apprentice. They last twice as long as steel/aluminium ones but the skill has almost died out. The cooper here gives a fascinating talk about how to make barrels. I sketched the view while he spoke and was able to annotate the drawing as he demonstrated the tools. The cresset, a sort of furnace used for drying out the barrels, which causes them to shrink and makes the seal watertight, is the name of the firm's beers.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 7, 2026, 5:35 AM

I had almost finished drawing this, Minster Gates corner when I realised I had made it too narrow, setting the width at 6 rows of window panes instead of 7. Cue getting out the bigger eraser and redrawing it all. A good job I was drawing in pencil.

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Work in progress on a drawing of a shop window.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 9:10 AM

Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, North Yorkshire. The south transept and chapter house doorways. Sketched during a break on a survey teaching course. I stayed behind to watch the equipment while tutors & students went for tea.

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Pencil drawing of a ruined abbey.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 5, 2026, 4:05 PM

A final post from the FB memory bank for 5th September 2017:

Getting close to the end of my afternoon session. Stopped briefly to make Mrs A a cup of tea when she came home from work. Will soon have to prepare for teaching tomorrow.

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Incomplete pencil drawing of a timber framed building with a pencil and eraser resting on a piece of tissue paper.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 5, 2026, 1:01 PM

A memory from FB, 5th September 2017. I posted this:

A busy morning. Time to stop for lunch.

I was apparently trying to keep my nerves under control the day before teaching on a heritage recording course at Fountains Abbey.

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Work in progress on a pencil drawing of a timber framed building of three storeys. Part of the exposed timber work is emerging from the paper as the Pentel 0.3mm pencil and eraser resting on a piece of tissue paper.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 3, 2026, 2:47 PM

We had a good walk around Alnwick & stopped to watch traffic chaos as a coach driver found he could pass through Bondgate, the town gateway licenced by Edward IV in 1480. It had a portcullis slot and gun loops facing would-be visitors.

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Pencil and watercolour drawing, a bit of pen work to strengthen lines, of a medieval town gate of a single arch with narrow windows. Pencil drawing showing the details of a medieval gun loop in the stone wall of the Alnwick town. It has a rounded enlargement at the top of a narrow slit and the opening is slightly larger at the base.
@allantadams.bsky.socialSep 3, 2026, 7:14 AM

Alnmouth Board School, 1876. Now the Old School Art Gallery. Some lovely art on display, the Caffe latte & cappuccino were excellent too.

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Pencil outline drawing of an old school building. Two gables wings joined by a centre section with circular ventilation feature on the roof and a projecting porch. There are picnic tables in front, on the former playground. Two cups of coffee, latte on the left, cappuccino on the right. The cooky and raspberry flapjack didn't stick around long enough to be photographed.