Here is another of my “watching my daughter at gymnastics” sketches. Just for a change she actually appears in this one, waiting her turn to a “back hip circle” on the uneven bars. Just a simple doodle – I liked the angles and shapes the bars and wires formed.
Wed-30-Jan-2019
The title of this might seem a bit odd, but as I was sketching the chair to the right I was thinking of my friend Gordon Rice who passed away several years ago. He was a friend of my parents as well but him and I used to visit art exhibitions in London and attended several summer painting classes together. I once showed him a sketch with a chair just like the one in this sketch, that was hanging up on a wall – and he marvelled at the interesting things I always find to draw. I miss him.
Wed-10-Oct-2018
So today I was at my daughters gym class and of course had time to kill. Thinking I should draw some of the gymnasts for a change, I spotted some posters and decided to draw them (with all the other gym equipment around) … much easier because they don’t move around!
Wed-3-Oct-2018
It’s easy to see that I’m back to life in Manila when I am sketching at my daughters gym class. Last Saturday I was still sleepy with jet lag so I snoozed in the car while waiting for the class to finish. Then it poured with rain (nice warm rain compared to the UK) while I was drawing this.
Sat-1-Sep-2018
Yesterday at my daughters gymnastics class I just had time for a quick simple sketch of this lady, who was half watching the girls and half watching her phone.
Tue-30-Jan-2018
Yesterday it was very crowded at Kelly’s gym class…without even any elbow room on the bleachers where the ‘watchers’ sit. I only had a few moments close to the end, when some people went home, to sketch this. I think I need to practice drawing feet! As always the traffic on the road going to and from the class in a Grab taxi was terrible. Kelly was unwell too…a tiring evening.
Wed-10-Jan-2018
Here is another sketch at my daughters gym class – of the watchers, who all seemed to be watching movies on their phones instead of watching the gymnasts. Can’t blame them though…it’s a three hour session and I’m not watching the gymnasts much either.
Sat-28-Oct-2017
Yesterday I was at my daughters gymnastics class again and this time decided to draw some of the ladies watching (and one that was sleeping). It’s a bit easier drawing them then the girls doing gymnastics who never stop moving.
Thu-26-Oct-2017
My daughter is entering a gym competition so I’m spending many more evenings at her club…not really watching but sketching instead. Instead of drawing the gym equipment like I usually do, I tried to capture a bigger space in this one.
Mon-23-Oct-2017