Lockdown Ice Cream Part 1

Working from home over the course of the pandemic I began to feel an urgent need to leave my house at least once a day to take a walk, see the sky and get a bit of exercise. I walked around my local area and over time the expeditions became longer and further reaching, at times up to 9km. I began to notice that whatever the weather, at some point in every walk there would be an ice cream van parked up and waiting for business. 

These drawings from August 2020 were drawn on location on Clapham and Wandsworth Commons. The first lockdown had ended but people were anxious about going into public spaces so even though the weather was sunny there were very few people around. Hence the man in the top image feeling free to sun himself wearing only shorts and no top. I am fascinated by the patience of the ice cream sellers but I never buy one as I really don't like ice cream