That was true in more ways than one. Ms. Wood, 31, is on a mission to draw every pub in London. She has completed about 300, and has about 2,500 left, according to data on the city’s pubs from ...

The artist enjoying a drink at her local, the Blythe Hill Tavern. "If I'm drawing the pub from life, I like to go in for a drink after the drawing is complete. I think it would feel strange not to ...

Lydia Wood started her pub drawing series during the first lockdown in March 2020. ‘People asked me to draw their locals and shared them on Instagram, and then it kind of blew up,’ Wood said.