In New York at the end of a whistle-stop trip round the US. Was able to visit the Van Gogh Drawings exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum.

A lot of the pieces were produced using ink and graphite, the graphite giving body to the ink line. The ones I was most drawn to were those with an interesting use of space, a great depth of field, interlocking lines.

The transformation from the heavy drawings done in Holland and the bright and airy ones done in Paris and the South of France is amazing. It's like the sun coming out, I thought this in particular in Shed with Sunflowers 1887.

The drawing View of Arles with Irisis in the Forground 1888 makes fantastic use of tone to convey distance.

A lot of the drawings make use of a high far horizon, again conveying distance.

I liked the drawing, The Yellow House 1888, the horizon runs along the centre of the image, with the house breaking out of it, seen corner on. I could use this in the work I'm doing based on the restaurants and retail parks around Denver.

Also in New York, I was able to stock up on Sharpie Ultra Fine Point permenant markers. I love these pens, the ink sinks into the paper, giving you far more than just a line. With other pens I've been using, the ink seems to sit on top of the paper, it's far less rich.