Here is another sketch done from my balcony on the weekend. I am not sure who owns all these cars as my landlady said that I am the only guest at the moment…so they must belong to her and her family. Somehow the car in front ended up getting stretched in my sketch!
Sun-26-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – an empty bottle of grapefruit juice – the type that has that unnatural pink colour and is also too sweet. I much prefer the tangier version we can buy at home. I really admire people who can sketch transparent things like bottles and glasses…somehow my attempts look to heavy. This one seemed to get a bit elongated too!
Sat-25-Jan-2020
At last I managed to sit outside and sketch – the weather was good, I had the balcony to myself (it services two other apartments) and it was daylight! This is why the place I am staying is called “Town View Villas”…that is the town you can see. How lucky I am to be staying in a place where the town is mostly green!
Sat-25-Jan-2020
All the time I was sketching this I was thinking of the terrible business of the Coronavirus that is currently spreading from Wuhan. I’d much rather have a beer than worry about it – best not to think about things in the future but concentrate on the present instead.
Fri-24-Jan-2020
Here is one of my little videos of my sketchbooks from last year. This sketchbook was a Hahnemuehle A5 with 200g/m2 paper – just lovely to use and one of my favourites.
Sun-26-Jan-2020
Another sketch in my apartment…all seemed to be going OK until I finished and noticed that the seat of the chair on the right can’t possibly fit with its back rest! Perhaps if I cropped this out it would be better.
Thu-23-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – as the title says, just a little bag of rice. What would a pantry be without this? This is brown rice, which I much prefer.
Wed-22-Jan-2020
This little table is the nicest piece of furniture in the apartment I am staying in.. I was trying hard to get the feel of the rugged wooden surface. Maybe a bit too hard…can’t get away from this heavy style at the moment.
Tue-21-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – some delicious oat milk. At home we can only buy soy milk or cows milk (unless you have buckets of money), so I was interested to try this. I found it has a nice creamy texture and is great to drink by itself. I drink more non-dairy milks these days because of the impact the dairy industry has on the environment. But I don’t think I’d drink almond milk – I understand (though I may be wrong) that it has very very little almond in it (it’s mostly water) and that a single glass requires vast amounts of water to produce (74 litres!). The oat on the other hand can grow almost anywhere…hence the mighty oat.
Mon-20-Jan-2020