After eating a nice meal (baked mac), our Christmas Eve was spent relaxing and watching a movie. Having watched the first Harry Potter movie the other day we decided to watch the second movie (The Chamber of Secrets), which features a ‘house elf’ called Dobby. There is a model Dobby in my daughters’ flat, so we let him watch the movie too.
Sat-24-Dec-2022
After eating a nice meal (baked mac), our Christmas Eve was spent relaxing and watching a movie. Having watched the first Harry Potter movie the other day we decided to watch the second movie (The Chamber of Secrets), which features a ‘house elf’ called Dobby. There is a model Dobby in my daughters’ flat, so we let him watch the movie too.
Sat-24-Dec-2022
This sketch was done for the first day of #WorldWatercolorMonth (I am a bit behind in posting) – following the prompt of “train”. Of course I couldn’t find a train around the house and I prefer to sketch from life, so this image came to mind. We bought this copy of the first Harry Potter book when we lived in Bhutan (hence it’s rather dog-eared appearance) and the series were the first proper novels we read our daughters (every night for many years). I think we enjoyed reading them more than they enjoyed listening to them, as they were still quite little.
Fri-1-Jul-2022
On my last full day in Lavenham I decided to go out and sketch something iconic in the village. This is the guildhall – a 16th century building. While I was sketching several tourists strolled past and I overheard one mention this as the birthplace of Harry Potter! Obviously as he is fictional it is not – but I think several buildings in Lavenham do feature in the films and scenes of Godric’s Hollow.
Sat-29-Dec-2018
Late night drawing again – too busy with work during the day to go out and draw. So here is what my youngest daughter is reading at the moment – sketched in ink, water-colour and water-colour pencils.