This is a costume drawing a did in 199something for a sweet but trivial play called 'Lettice and Lovage' that I designed for the Cheltenham Everyman.

I love drawing the figure, and in particular the way in which a piece of clothing transforms the shape of the body. Here, a shabby kimono turns an ageing, tired woman into a blocky, strong Japanese samurai... -ish.

The drawing was done with my Granny's old ink pen and ink, then I added watercolour using the set my Mum had when she was a little girl in the early 50s.
In 2008, I came back to the image and developed it further using Photoshop.