So after all my busy urban sketching it’s back to some still life-type sketches at home again. I’ve probably sketched these two objects before, but I thought they would go well together. The wooden elephant came from when we lived in Cambodia I think and the elephant mug was a present from our daughter when she made a school trip to South Africa.
Wed-20-Mar-2024
Here is the first sketch I did on our trip to the UK – done at Laxfield House, where my mum stays, while we were visiting. I am not sure what type of plant that is, but the elephant was something I bought back from Cambodia. It’s a huge china pot stand, actually made in Vietnam – which I remember hand carrying all the way back to the UK. It’s amazing they let me take it as hand carry and also amazing that it didn’t break!
Mon-3-Jul-2023
Yesterday I finally got outside to sketch …while I chatted to my friend @TheArtOfBeingPresent …though it was a bit of a rush to finish before it got dark. This (concrete?) elephant is one of two sitting at the entrance to the club house in our common area.
Thu-18-May-2023
I am enjoying sketching some of the objects and furniture in our temporary apartment. There are two of these footstools – elephants carved out of wood. This one is slightly damaged.
Thu-4-May-2023
On Sunday we took a trip out of town with some friends to “Kamal Ni Hesus” (the hand of Jesus) – a pilgrimage site in Lucban with a big statue of Jesus on top of a hill. The site also included the Garden of Eden with concrete statues of Adam and Eve as well as these concrete animals (to the right of the elephant there are two polar bears and there were many other animals scattered about). I didn’t realise until I had finished sketching but the building in the background (which is a guesthouse) is built in the shape of the ark even including a deck and statues of other animals.
Sun-11-July-2021
Here are a few peculiar things you can see outside a furniture shop (Marshbeck Interiors) opposite where my parents live. I’ve these passed several times and couldn’t resist sketching them. There is an elephant that seems to be made of driftwood and two huge chairs, one which straddles a low wall. I guess the chairs are there as a sign for the shop…as for the elephant, I am not sure!
Tue-4-Dec-2018
Here is the quick doodle I did today. I did start another drawing while waiting to get a haircut but didn’t get close to finishing it as the barber was much faster with the customer before me than I expected. The elephant in the title is the image on the mug.
Mon-13-Nov-2017
Today I unpacked some old trunks and found our collection of knick-knacks from the various places we have worked. This wooden elephant is from Cambodia. I painted this using a dip pen and watercolours, plus some water soluble graphite pencil.