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Drawing London with a thick black pen • new book Sketchbook Reveal out now • http://www.james-hobbs.co.uk • https://www.sketcherpress.com/product/sketchbook-reveal/

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 26d

My work is featured in the Nov 2025 issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine, which is out now. My thanks to the editor, Niki Browes.

A photo of the first page of a magazine article showing a photo of me, part of a drawing of London, and the first paragraph.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 12h

Trees along the New River, Islington. It’s neither new nor a river, but built more than 400 years ago to bring fresh water to London from Hertfordshire. It’s ornamental in these lowest stretches.

An ink drawing of trees along the banks of a green pond.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 9d

The tea room at Portmeirion, Wales. It’s a mad place with its bizarre constructions, its eccentric layout, its Italianate Welshness, its touristic overload.

An ink drawing of a tea room interior with a kind of view out of an arched window to buildings and a turret.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 26d

My work is featured in the Nov 2025 issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine, which is out now. My thanks to the editor, Niki Browes.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Sep 10

San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain: bathers at La Concha beach last June, with Monte Urgull beyond. It was such a great place to visit, particularly for its fantastic food, city beaches, and long summer evenings.

An ink drawing of a beach with bathers and a wooded headland beyond.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Sep 6

Getting off the train at Barmouth, Wales, you find yourself in the middle of an amusement park. The families with young kids took us back to our summer holidays from the past. After exploring the town we doze in a sheltered spot in the dunes and then head up for a walk in the hills behind the town.

An ink drawing of the town of Barmouth showing buildings, dunes, hills and a colourful amusement park.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Aug 13

Trees in leaf. Summer days in Clissold Park, north London.

An ink drawing in black and grey of trees in an urban park.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Aug 6

La Flèche Saint-Michel, Bordeaux, from a cafe on Rue Gaspard Philippe. This drawing omits the reason for its name, la flèche (arrow), by editing out the spire, which was mostly encased in scaffolding anyway.

An ink drawing with digital colour of a street scene showing the base of a spire, a basilica and assorted street furniture, including plants, bikes, cars and rubbish bins.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jul 26

Two views from the spectacularly situated Mirador de Lallende bar at Bulnes, high in the Picos de Europa in northern Spain. It’s at the very end of the track, on a ledge, after a drive, a subterranean funicular ride and a trek. #Bulnes

A black ink drawing of a valley showing trees, rocks, a building and a stream.

A grey ink drawing of a mountain with a blue sky added digitally.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jul 16

Finsbury Circus Gardens, London EC2, recently reopened after being closed for about a decade while the Elizabeth line was built.

A drawing of a park showing trees and plants with buildings behind.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jul 3

The view from the cafe table where we ate lunch in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. Just a glimpse of the gently rising street between the buildings. Enough.

An ink drawing with touches of digital colour of houses and a street in a Spanish town.

A glimpse of a Spanish town scene between two buildings, one close, one further back.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jul 2

The view from room 202 at Posada de la Abadia, Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, northern Spain.

A monochrome ink drawing of a Spanish landscape showing buildings, a garden, trees and telegraph lines.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jun 24

👍👍👍 Thanks.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · Jun 24

Barnsbury Square Gardens, Islington, London N1. #Islington

A monochrome drawing of an inner city garden showing trees, a variety of foliage and houses partially visible behind them.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · May 28

Exeter St David’s railway station as seen from the Premier Inn across the road. I’ve passed through this station so many times over the years. #Exeter

A drawing in black ink showing a car park in front of a railway station, with a glimpse of Devon’s rolling hills behind.

A detail of a drawing in black ink showing a car park in front of a railway station.

A detail of a drawing in black ink showing a car park in front of a railway station, with a glimpse of Devon’s rolling hills behind.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · May 24

Two drawings from last weekend’s USk London gathering at St Pancras, one of the still unfinished Google “landscraper” HQ that stretches from King’s Cross station all the way to Granary Square, and the second of the St Pancras station as seen from the British Library piazza. #StPancras

An ink drawing of a modern building with barriers and hoardings and trees at ground level.

A monochrome drawing of the spires, rooftops and windows of the Victorian St Pancras station building.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · May 21

Views from the train on the way home from a quick visit to Cornwall for a funeral. It’s late afternoon, the carriage is almost empty and the train is flying along. There’s occasional laughter from the end of the carriage.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks. Yes, the pencils went out ages ago. The one in the article was done in Berlin back in 1998 in a little homemade book.

James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · May 8

I’ve written about me and my sketchbooks for the Jackson’s Art Supplies blog as part of its Inside the Sketchbook series. Find it here: www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2025/05... #Sketchbooks