Inktober

79-2516 – Glass house, real tree, silk flowers

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This is the second sketch I did on a trip we made with friends to ZenZen café in Alfonso, Cavite. I did this one in the main food hall (which is in a glass house), while we waited for our lunch. I started this off with some #Derwent watercolour pencils. The food hall is full of these trees which are decorated with sill (or maybe plastic) cherry blossoms (all part of the Japanese styling). I thought this sketch could also count to the prompt of ‘Glass’ for Day 27 of #Sketchtober2023.

Sun-12-Nov-2023

79-2511 – What I want for Christmas

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Having mentioned how much I like Posca pens in my last sketch I thought they would make a perfect subject for the #Sketchtober2023 prompt of ‘Pen’ for Day 22. These actually belong to my wife (though I borrow them every now and then)…hence the Christmas list mention in the title (which also coincided with the time I spent making Christmas wish lists on the day I drew this).

Tue-7-Nov-2023

79-2509 – Plump little tap

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We bought new bathroom shelves, a wall fan, and taps on Saturday – and I planned a busy DIY (do it yourself) day on Sunday. I anticipated a lot of cursing from me (while my wife wears noise cancelling ear buds). I am not the most capable at making home improvements – but I especially dislike plumbing! This sketch follows the #Inktober2023 prompt of ‘Plump’ for Day 19.

Sat-4-Nov-2023

79-2508 – Dinner tonight

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Here is another #Sketchtober2023 effort following the prompt of ‘meal’ for Day 18. Beiruti Bites (a fast food place specialising in Shawarma) is a good choice for a vegetarian meal – mine was a “challenger” size falafel sandwich. I struggled to sketch the crumpled up tin foil for this one (it kind of ended up looking like a rock?) – that was the second challenge!

Thu-2-Nov-2023

79-2507 – Nerf gun

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This sketch follows the #Inktober2023 prompt of ‘toy’. I had a little hunt in our daughters toy cupboards (they are grown up these days, but still don’t want us to get rid of any…hoarding runs in the family it seems), and thought this would make a good sketch (bright colours and interesting shapes), while I half watched a de-aged Harrison Ford in the last ‘Raiders’ film. I sketch straight to ink with no pencil work. If I start with pencil I get knotted up in details. If I do straight to ink, I make mistakes (the handle somehow shrunk in this one)!

Wed-1-Nov-2023

79-2505 – Little angel

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It’s time for another cat sketch – following the #Inktober2023 prompt of ‘Angel’ for Day 16. I sketched this while bingeing a new TV series called ‘Gen V’, while General Tapioca (our youngest cat) slept next to me. He had been snoozing on the couch next to me all afternoon. What a cuddly little angel he is. By the way Gen V is not for the faint-hearted!

Sun-29-Oct-2023

79-2502 – Rise

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This sketch (done at the local mall, Market Market!), was following the prompt for Day 13 from #Inktober2023. There were a lot of people moving quickly up and down these escalators, but in the end I just a few in as vague outlines. I drew this last week, while having a felafel sandwich for lunch at ‘Beruiti Bites’ – then I added the colour at home.

Wed-25-Oct-2023

79-2503 – The clock

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This sketch follows the #Sketchtober2023 prompt of ‘watch/clock’ for Day 14. I don’t recall who gave us this clock. It stayed in storage for quite a while, then our previous one (which of course I’ve sketched before) kind of fell apart (it’s above the hob so it got all grungy), so this one went up after we redecorated.

Fri-27-Oct-2023