Martyn's Doodles

Martyn's Doodles Quirky takes on familiar pubs, shops and buildings to make you smile. I hope you enjoy them.

Another doodle from the wooded hills of Kentucky. Built by a very skilled friend, using timber cut from his surrounding ...
19/10/2025

Another doodle from the wooded hills of Kentucky. Built by a very skilled friend, using timber cut from his surrounding woodland, he has built this beautiful log cabin. Reminiscent of a time gone by and isolated from outside influences, it is the perfect retreat from the modern world.

It's been a while since I sketched anything that I could post publicly. I was recently asked if I had done The Post Hous...
05/10/2025

It's been a while since I sketched anything that I could post publicly. I was recently asked if I had done The Post House Ballina. No, I hadn't - but now I have!

A somewhat neglected, three wheeled David Brown 1212. From a random internet photo.
12/07/2025

A somewhat neglected, three wheeled David Brown 1212. From a random internet photo.

A lovely old shed on a neighbour's farm, one that I've photographed on many occasions, but it made a perfect practice ex...
04/07/2025

A lovely old shed on a neighbour's farm, one that I've photographed on many occasions, but it made a perfect practice exercise.

This is engine number 8041. A V16 engine producing 3000hp and weighing in at 164 tons. Built in 1979 this powerful diese...
09/06/2025

This is engine number 8041. A V16 engine producing 3000hp and weighing in at 164 tons. Built in 1979 this powerful diesel is still hauling grain across the Great Plains in Kansas. I'm still drawing lots of houses for private commissions, these are just little diversions to try other subjects and techniques.

Oak Creek School, Downs, Kansas. 1875 - 1970 A one room schoolhouse, seemingly miles from anywhere but evidently serving...
03/06/2025

Oak Creek School, Downs, Kansas. 1875 - 1970

A one room schoolhouse, seemingly miles from anywhere but evidently serving the community for a hundred years.

Deep in the wooded hills of Kentucky, away from human intervention, an old barn succumbs to nature's interminable advanc...
09/05/2025

Deep in the wooded hills of Kentucky, away from human intervention, an old barn succumbs to nature's interminable advances.

Reclaimed by nature. An old Massey Ferguson 165, gradually disappearing under the relentless advance of a tangle of bram...
29/04/2025

Reclaimed by nature.

An old Massey Ferguson 165, gradually disappearing under the relentless advance of a tangle of brambles.

A friend posted a photo of this bookshop in Kensington, London. It had that "draw me" appeal that I couldn't resist. Id...
20/04/2025

A friend posted a photo of this bookshop in Kensington, London. It had that "draw me" appeal that I couldn't resist.

Idiot Books London, the place to go for Russian literature I'm told.

Still in Kansas with this one. The little house on the prairie - or it was once perhaps. A tumble down house on the outs...
20/03/2025

Still in Kansas with this one. The little house on the prairie - or it was once perhaps. A tumble down house on the outskirts of Cawker City that has seen better days. It's clearly old and, unusually for such a small house, constructed with local stone. I liked the incongruous satellite dish on a building that otherwise alludes to times past.

Union Pacific Engine 477, my interpretation of an historic piece of American engineering. Built in 1901 and one of the m...
04/03/2025

Union Pacific Engine 477, my interpretation of an historic piece of American engineering.

Built in 1901 and one of the most powerful engines of its day. It was used to pull freight trains through the Rocky Mountains. Despite being able to carry 6000 gallons of water and 11 tons of coal, under full load it would have to refuel every 50 - 75 miles! No mention of climate change in those days!

Since 1955 it has lain cold and silent in the Kansas city of Salina as a memorial to those pioneering days of steam power.

Mam's in Cathedral Road, Ballina. Their food looks delicious, I must find the time to pop in there. This was a little e...
28/02/2025

Mam's in Cathedral Road, Ballina. Their food looks delicious, I must find the time to pop in there. This was a little experiment with some different watercolour paper. It behaves quite differently to the papers that I have been using so I need to practice a little more.

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