I am getting ready to bind my next sketchbook. I wasn’t sure what to sketch today so here is a quick sketch of some of my bookbinding tools.
Mon31-Aug-2020
Monthly Archives: August 2020
1510 – Ferns growing like weeds
Ferns grow on our balcony like weeds. Little tendrils snake from pot to pot and then a new plant pops up. This view also includes some struggling chives (every time we cut some for eating they are decimated) and the scoop for our cats little tray which is on the right.
Sun-30-Aug-2020
1509 – Watch
Today, being stuck for something to sketch, I followed the #Melogallery prompt of “watch”. This is the watch I’ve had for about 15 years or more – my wife bought it for me. It has a hybrid kinetic mechanism – the movement charges it. All this time I’ve had it I’ve never had to change the battery.
Sat-29-Aug-2020
1508 – Cashing in savings
In the process of packing to go to University, our daughter has counted up her years of savings (all in small denomination coins). She’s taped the coins up in bundles, given them to us and now we have to pay her back in notes! This is just one of her jam jars full of coins.
Thu-27-Aug-2020
1507 – Discarded headphones
Our daughter is starting to pack up her stuff to head off to university and these headphones were in her give away pile. We can’t remember where they came from and now the plastic has gone all sticky. I made a few mistakes in the line work of this, but decided to just ignore it and keep going.
Wed-26-Aug-2020
1506 – Mask and shield
Here is a quick sketch from last night – a while back we bought these masks which you can clip a face shield on to. Seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately they aren’t very breathable and the plastic gets a bit fogged up when you use them!
Tue-25-Aug-2020
1505 – More mangoes
It’s mango season and we are getting some delivered most weeks now. Repeating the same subjects doesn’t have to be boring – so this is a different take on my last sketch of a basket of fresh mangoes.
Mon-24-Aug-2020
1504 – A quick cat
Every time I sketch our cat it has to be quick – although she sleeps a lot during day, while I was sketching this every time I looked up she had got up and reshuffled herself. I don’t mind her sleeping behind my laptop but she’s in the habit of stretching out every now and then and pushing my laptop off the desk.
Sat-22-Aug-2020
1503 – One I liked earlier
No doubt many sketchers suffer from this, but yesterday I was quite pleased with how my sketch was going…then I added a little too much paint, overworked it a bit too much…then I wasn’t pleased with it at all! Anyway a while back I was nominated by @angelaloberan for the #paintdemicartistchallenge – this is my 1/10 posts with that hashtag (the challenge is for 10 days to post any work created during the pandemic). I think I am supposed to invite fellow artists to do the same… but that will come later.
Thu-20-Aug-2020
1502 – Back of new shelf
That’s not a very inspiring title I know…but it is what it is. We recently managed to squeeze a new shelf into our apartment – something a friend made from chunky scrap wood in Syria and that we acquired and brought home. I recently reassembled it and gave it a lick of varnish. This is a view from the back (it didn’t take long before the shelf filled with books and various stuff) – the shelf sort of divides the living room from the kitchen area.
Wed-19-Aug-2020
