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Illustrated Maps of Peckham

Posted on Tuesday 12 November 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

The FT has run a couple of articles [$] recently on housing in south-east London, and to accompany both of them, they commissioned freelance illustrator Laura Hallett to draw these illustrations of the area. We like the distinctive colour accents for t…

2019, Art, FInancial Times, FT, Hallett, Illustration, Laura Hallett, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Peckham Rye, watercolour

The Covent Gardener

Posted on Tuesday 13 November 2018 by Oliver O’Brien

In celebration of the Christmas lights being switched on in Covent Garden this evening, we feature this lovely map of the precinct, which has been drawn by artist Adam Dant, for The Covent Gardener, a periodical that focuses on the landmarks, shops and residents and characters of London’s famous and bustling shopping and tourism heart, […]

adam dant, apple, Art, artists, characters, covent garden, Dant, green, greens, market, performers, watercolour

Graphic Watercolour Map

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2016 by Oliver O’Brien

Here’s a lovely looking artistic map of London. Created by Ben Grib in a “watercolour” style and produced as a print on “natural” textured art paper with plenty of grain, the Graphic Watercolour Map shows the spaces between streets with a characteristic painted look, the tones varying from block to block. The remaining white space […]

Art, Ben Grib, blue, brushstrokes, grain, GreatLittlePlace, orange, paintbrush, watercolour