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James Higgins: Sketch pad

Lascaux Cave Painting. Study by James Higgins. (See Meanderings)
Lascaux Cave Painting. A study by James Higgins
(Blunt pencil) I sketched this in 1985. More than half a lifetime ago. Annecy train station.
(Pen and felt tips) Strolling to the Bram River, this picture just happened. My nephew (William) was walking with me. He asked why I carried a note book. I took it out and scribbled this picture. I showed it to him, he nodded, and we walked on. (France)
Tree near La Loge. Ink and watercolours
Colour pencils. Path leading to our camping hideout on the lower Semnoz. France 1985.
(Felt tipped pens) I tried to capture the camouflage of this deer sitting in the woods in Wisconsin.
Pencil. This picture has really begun to fade over the years. (1986) I know how it feels. Salzburg castle
Charcoal
Charcoal. Big chunk of Shipwrecked Driftwood (Birch Bay 2006)
Pencil. I guess this is a self portrait through safety glass
Pencil. Not long after drawing this picture, one of these trees literally fell in half. Bellingham 2006.
Lake Grinnell. watercolours. Back around 1994. It was a World Cup year.
Pencil. Huk in a Foggy day at Teddy Bear Cove. Visibility poor. I've still never seen a Teddy Bear in the wild.
Watercolours. Naturns Italy 1996. Good day hiking.
Passenger seat doodle. Ohio Tractor. Felt tip pens on scrap paper.
The Isle of Skye. N.W. Scotland. Oil crayons.1988?
Oil crayons and scratches. The Danube passing through Regensburg. Germany
A late night face at the Irish Castle in Nurnberg. Waitress's borrowed pen.
Pencil. I plucked this old nest from a bush. That's an egg shaker inside. Talk about bug infested!
A blue biro pen. Peter. (Blue Peter) Hitching the last 10 kms to Oostende from Regensburg heading to Scotland. (Belgium)
A black biro pen. They say Heidelberg Castle was not bombed but was in fact struck by lightning. I wasn't there at the time, so I really can't say. I was getting bombed in a bar around the corner.
Ah yes, the capo. A busker's best friend. Pencil
My first official "On The Road" doodle. I realised that as I had no camera, I should quickly invest in a pencil and paper instead. (London Bus)
Rat in a Coffee Cup. Annecy. Black pen.
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