This is my first sketch in my new sketchbook – lovely heavy paper, but as always it will take a little time to get used to the change. On Fridays we finish work at 4pm and it only takes me 20 minutes to get home, so I jumped at the chance to sketch this view from my apartment. Even so, the light was fading fast as I finished.
Fri-16-Mar-2020
I am back in Turks and Caicos and here is my first sketch done in the new apartment I am staying in (yes, I stay in a different place each time I come). In the centre of the living room is a little coffee table with plastic flowers and a clock…I guess the air-freshener is meant to provide the artificial scent?
Sat-4-Jan-2020
There are shells all over this apartment – and I just discovered two more, plus more plastic flowers, on top of the cupboard over the oven. I haven’t run out of things to sketch in my apartment yet, but I may do soon!
Wed-2-Oct-2019
Last Thursday I thought I was going to fall asleep, but then I remembered I wanted to sketch these flowers. Also a commenter on Facebook reminded me that this is a daily journal…so I can’t keep missing days – even if I did have an exhausting day stretching my mind around statistics and regression analysis! In case its not clear the flowers are reflected in both a mirror and the table.
Thu-27-Sep-2019
This sketch was done on the day of my fathers funeral – sweetpeas were one of his favourite flowers, which he always grew.
Thu-27-June-2019
It’s been 20 years since we got married (last Wednesday 27). I think asters are the traditional flower for a 20th anniversary but the flower sellers could only show me sad looking little daisy-like flowers when I asked. So instead I bought these gorgeous roses for my wife. Difficult to draw but wonderful to look at and smell!
Fri-1-March-2019
Here is another evening sketch. My dad bought my mum some more roses…a perfect sketching subject. On top of the cabinet is a little DVD player, which may have seemed fancy a few years ago but these days seems rather antiquated when so many people stream movies.
Mon-24-Dec-2018
Here is a quick doodle from the other evening – these roses are looking a bit tired in real lift, but my drawing seems to make them look more alive!
Tue-18-Dec-2018
Today I did a little gardening (on our balcony), including planting some flower seeds (that were given to us by a community architect friends) in this nice clay pot. I drew this for the #WorldWatercolorMonth prompt “flowers”.
Thu-4-Oct-2018