These cookies were made (by my wife) from cocoa and tablea (tablets of pure ground roasted cacao beans). Tablea are usually used in the Philippines to make a traditional hot chocolate drink by dissolving them in water and milk. I find the traditional hot chocolate too bitter but these cookies were yummy.
Thu-28-Jul-2022
If I am short of something to sketch, then taking some veggies out of the fridge is always a good option. This is Bok Choy (sometimes called Chinese White Cabbage apparently). I find that it keeps well (and doesn’t go too limp) and serves as a good substitute for spinach.
Thu-21-Jul-2022
Here is a sketch for Day 7 of #WorldWatercolorMonth following the prompt of “home”. This is one of my old cookbooks…which has turned out to be more useful in Asia than it ever did in the UK – all the ingredients are so much more readily available!
Tue-12-Jul-2022
This is the first sketch in a new sketchbook – this time made with Daler-Rowney Aquafine Smooth Watercolour paper. I like it so far – nice and smooth for drawing and it takes the paint very well. These chips (or french fries depending on where you live) were leftover from a nice dinner of leek and cheddar puddings with salad.
Mon-20-Jun-2022
Last week my wife made some delicious mini-quiches for dinner (filled with egg yolks, tomato and mozzarella) which we had with home-made chips/french fries. The special treat (apart from the delicious meal) was that I didn’t have to do any of the cooking!
Wed-8-Jun-2022
I did this sketch one evening while I was waiting for some eggplants/aubergines to roast (with olive oil, garlic and lemon juice). Just as I finished this sketch the timer went off and I toasted the bread, chopped up the Cuban oregano (a substitute for basil) ands some of the feta cheese (not actually feta but something close), added these to the eggplant and spread it on the toasted bread. Yummy.
Wed-1-June-2022
A while ago I sketched some courgettes/zucchini and this is how I cooked them. I scraped out the inside, chopped it up and fried it with onions, garlic and tomatoes, then added some cooked quinoa and red lentils. Then stuffed it all back in the shells and steamed them. We served it with a garlic yogurt sauce…yummy!
Fri-20-May-2022
One of my favourite choices for a subject is to just pick something at random from the fridge or pantry. I got this idea from @patrice_sketches and the #pantryartproject way back in 2020 and every now and then I go back to the idea when I want to just doodle without thinking too hard in the evening. This is a bottle of a popular homemade condiment in the Philippines – vinegar with chillies soaking in it. Sawsawang actually means dip – because this kind of vinegar is a popular ingredient in dipping sauces.
Tue-17-May-2022
I sketched this, last week, while chatting to my friend @TheArtofBeingPresent. I am not sure of the actual type of green chilli peppers that we get here, but I don’t find them that hot – at least not compared to the tiny little red ones. Maybe that’s partly because we lived in Bhutan for several years, where the national dish is chillis cooked in cheese!
Tue-3-May-2022