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Tracy’s pictures

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Tracy took part in Inktober 2025 by drawing an image every day using a 4-coloured ball point pen. By dividing up 2 pages of a sketchbook each box was only 5cm x 7cm. Each small picture took less than 5 minutes, including a quick sketch in pencil.

Every day was suggested by a list of prompts. Tracy’s favourite days were the 4th – ‘murky’, the 20th – ‘rivals’ and the 26th – ‘puzzling’. The 30th – ‘vacant’ was the easiest!

Tracy also finished her ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ picture, now called ‘Zentangle Girl with a Holographic Earring’. Drawn using a black waterproof pen, a Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencil in Cold Grey III and some holographic nail varnish.

Inktober 2025

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In addition to our usual two sessions this month, why not give Inktober 2025 a go?

Started in 2009 Inktober is now a worldwide event for artists to draw a picture in ink daily (you can use pencil underneath) and share their work or just for the pleasure of being creative every day.

Use a sketchbook for your images or any surface. If you don’t have much time, use a Post-it note pad for a small picture every day.

Website here… https://inktober.com

Please send Tracy photos of your images if you try the challenge.

Paint on a postcard – August 2025 – Wednesday

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Last Wednesday fifteen members attended the session on a very warm evening. Most painted on the black and white and lightly tinted postcards, bought from eBay for a few pounds. They were mostly views from the West Country, Kent, the Lake District and Scotland, with a few other places too.

Acrylic paint applied thickly and thinly worked really well to add the colour, as did thick watercolour paint, ink, coloured pencils and felt tip pens. Some of the postcards had been used and the earliest message and stamp dated back to 1908!

Some artists drew and painted to their own theme.

Well done everyone, the painting on a postcard challenge was well received and very enjoyable.

Our next session is on Saturday 23rd August in the private gardens behind Rochester Cathedral. Please email Tracy asap if you can come or not.

Peta’s sketches of independent London shops

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Peta’s sketches of independent London shops have been published online on the Spitalfields Life website. Drawn in pencil then coloured in brown, black and blue ink, the subject evokes life as it was with independent shops on every High Street.

They’re fantastic sketches, Peta, you have such an amazing skill with a pencil and brush.

Good luck with your exhibition that opens this week in London!

The sketches have been screenshot to add to this post, but to see the images on the Spitalfields Life site click here… https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/02/24/peta-bridles-shops/

Click on the first image below to see the writing under each picture, then scroll right to see them all. If you’d like to comment please do so on the Spitalfields Life website at the bottom of the page.

Peta’s exhibition

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Peta has an exhibition soon of her amazing London sketches, full of character and skill.

From Wednesday 26th February to Tuesday 25th March in the cafe of The Good Shepherd Building, 15a Davies Lane, Leytonstone, London. The nearest transport is Leytonstone Station on the Central Line.

The private view is on Thursday 27th February from 6-8pm and all are welcome!

The exhibition will be a collection of pencil and ink sketches made on location around London, with 12 framed giclee prints on show and a selection of giclee prints for sale.

Please see the flyer for the exact address and opening times…

If you’re on Instagram do give Peta a follow.

Good luck with the exhibition, Peta, your artwork deserves to have a wider audience!

Peta’s sketches of City of London Churches

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Peta has had her sketches of several City of London Churches published on the website ‘Spitalfields Life’. Beautifully and skilfully sketched in pencil and then coloured with soft tones of black, blue and brown inks, she has masterfully captured the atmosphere and tiny details of these churches and related items. Click on this link to see the sketches on the site… https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/29/peta-bridles-city-churches/

Peta would be really interested in your comments, so please scroll to the end of the article on Spitalfields Life and submit a comment for her to see. You write your comment, add your name and email address, submit your comment and it appears on the site when approved.

The pictures from the site have been screenshot and are below, but the higher quality images are on Spitalfields Life. Look for where the last image was drawn. You will know the place because Peta started the drawing on our Saturday session in July 2023.

Click on the first picture then scroll through to see the pictures enlarged and with words that explain about each image.

Well done Peta, your sketches and use of the coloured inks are awesome!