The Boy Who Draws

Our Story

We took our son to the UK in September 2016 when he was five years old. We’d packed several pads and pencils to distract him during the time we spent in London, assuming that he wouldn't be interested in seeing the sights. How wrong we were.

The first day began with a ride on a red double-decker bus to Saint Paul’s Cathedral, where, after the tour, we found ourselves on a roof deck opposite. Whilst we took photos, our son proceeded to open his pad and draw Saint Paul's. Four drawings later, we were ready to move on.

To our surprise, he wanted to keep going. Over the next five days, he continued to do so: Buckingham Palace; The London Eye; Piccadilly Circus; Tower Bridge; Borough Markets. We watched as he sat down, spread his pencils out and set to work, oblivious to the cameras of curious onlookers.

We loved his drawings, so on our return home to Australia, we scanned our favourites, and added dashes of colour. The Boy wanted to do more, so he chose the cities he wanted, then went online and picked four buildings for each which he then drew.

By the age of six, he had produced some 50 drawings of buildings from 14 cities around the world. From these, we have created the ‘The City Series’ of A4 prints. These can be viewed in the gallery and if you would like to enquire about purchasing, please do so via our contact page.