Our regular seller at the local market often gives us a few freebies (maybe things they have too many of or that are likely to go off soon) – this time it was some chillies! I wanted to get them looking brighter and shinier in my sketch …next time I’ll do better.
Sat-2-Aug-2025
Yet another evening sketch – this time of some pasalubong that we bought in Canada for family members. I had to be restrained from eating these. I also struggle with depicting shiny bags like this in sketches – another reason why this subject is not for me.
Tue-29-Jul-2025
I made this pickle (I think what they call relish in the USA, though mine is not sweet) on a weekend at the end of July and then it sat on the worktop waiting for me to put labels on it. I know I only drew kimchi a short while ago but it was calling out to be drawn. According to Wikipedia Branston is a pickle first made in 1992 by Crosse & Blackwell in the village of Branston near Burton upon Trent. I just follow a recipe that makes something like it.
Tue-29-Jul-2025
Here is an evening sketch of whatever I saw in front of me. I splashed on the watercolour first, then added some detail with my trusty Uni-ball Micro which draws on anything. There is supposed to be a banana and orange peel in the bowl, but the colours got a bit muddied.
Fri-25-Jul-2025
It was a rainy day when I sketched this, and a planned sketch-walk (with #UskManila) was cancelled, so I sketched this instead. After she got out of hospital my wife ate a lot of soup. As soon as I bought these, my mind went to Warhol’s famous pop art paintings and I thought I would sketch them too.
Sat-19-Jul-2025
I spent a good long time making this on one Sunday…when I sketched these jam jars, it was fermenting nicely. The gochugaru chili powder doesn’t quite have the same rich red colour that it had before. Maybe it’s too old (luckily when I tasted the kimchi later, it was fine).
Mon-14-Jul-2025
Sometimes I feel a bit stuck for subjects and motivation for sketching – so my solution is often to turn to the #DrawTipTuesday advice of @KoosjeKoene, which is alway a good source of ideas and encouragement. This sketch is of some baked beans I made, plus a left-over baked potato.
Thu-10-Jul-2025
This is a sketch of some olive oil we bought at Costco in Calgary, alongside the equivalent from the Philippines. We were shocked at how big everything was in Canada …big country, big portions, massive cars and (in Costco for sure), everything bought in bulk. Of course if you can afford it and you have space to store it, the latter makes a lot of sense. This 2 litre tub of olive oil was the smallest size available!
Fri-20-Jun-2025
On this day we went into Bury St. Edmunds to buy a coat for my wife’s birthday and had lunch first. Wetherspoons is cheap and simple so we picked that – we sat in almost the same spot as when we were there in December 2022 (see sketch No.69-2267), so I sketched the same scene. My sketching style hasn’t changed a bit…though I think I captured the scene better this time?
Mon-19-May-2025