Here are the last two sketches I did with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective, the other day. Like the others, these were meant to be just 15 minute poses, but I think we went over that time. As before the model was @liza_paxley.
Thu-21-Nov-2024
This is the second sketch I did with with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective, the other day. I think this is the one I was most satisfied with – I think the more splashy style (much more like the paintings I did when I was at University), was boosted by the (rather strong) gin cocktail that we were very kindly given! I am pretty sure we went over our 15 minute time for this pose…but the model (@liza_paxley) was very patient and stayed nice and still.
Thu-21-Nov-2024
Here is my first sketch from the #LifeDrawing session with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective, in Eastwood, that I joined the other day. Each pose was about 15 minutes and I used ink, a UniBall Pen, #WatercolourPencils and #Watercolour paints. I was a bit late arriving so this first one was a bit rushed. The models name was Allyza (@liza_paxley). I’ll probably post a few of these quickly, one after the other, as I have a backlog of sketches to post!
Thu-21-Nov-2024
Here are the other sketches I did at the #LifeDrawing session with the #SilawArtistCollective, in Eastwood, the other day. Each pose was about 20-25 minutes and I used ink, #WatercolourPencils and #Watercolour paints. The first of these was a bit of a disaster…I struggled with the face…and the proportions. But the last one was the one I was most satisfied with – it helped that the pose was compact and uncomplicated.
Thu-11-Jul-2024
Here are my first few sketches from the #LifeDrawing session with the #SilawArtistCollective, in Eastwood, that I joined the other day. Each pose was about 20-25 minutes and I used ink, #WatercolourPencils and #Watercolour paints. I was a bit late so my first attempt was a bit rushed. The models name was Dredheart…what an unusual and interesting name! I was really only satisfied with the third one in this batch.
Thu-11-Jul-2024
This sketch is slightly out of order – but it was waiting in my sketchbook for some paint. I did this one when my wife and I went out for lunch on Father’s Day to our favourite restaurant, the #WabiSabiNoodleHouse in Makati. This place has lots of delicious varieties of (vegetarian) ramen noodle soup – plus the restaurant is paired with the Ikigai Kakigōri Cafe. Kakigōri is a Japanese shaved ice dessert flavoured with syrup and a sweetener…I had the chocolate overload variety!
Sun-16-Jun-2024
I realised the other day, that I haven’t sketched these sandals…even though I tend to sketch all the new shoes we get these days. Somehow I didn’t get the proportions of these right…the one on the right looks like a high heel sandal! Oh well, never mind.
Tue-28-May-2024
Here is one of my go-to subjects – just something random from the fridge. Every time we buy honey I doubt whether it really is honey or not. This is because in 2020 the Department of Science and Technology found that about 80% of honey products sold in shops in the Philippines were not pure honey. Most were composed of sugar syrup – although all the imported products they tested were not found to be adulterated.
This will be my first post on Cara (https://cara.app/art-chap-enjoin) – I am testing out a new social media site as I am a bit fed up with IG (and Facebook). While I am not bothered about trying to sell stuff through IG, try not to care about numbers of followers and likes and have my own blog site (artchapenjoin.com), the fact that Meta makes it almost impossible to opt out of AI scraping (even though it can most likely be done from everywhere else my drawings are posted) and that many artists are losing their livelihood to AI, makes me want to at least purge my accounts a little.
Mon-20-May-2024
Despite feeling a bit rotten and unwell with a cold, I made it out to sketch on Sunday 19 May. This is the small shopping area behind the supermarket where we shop each week. We had a little lunch at the #BrewHilde coffee shop and enjoyed the peace and quiet for an hour or so. As we were leaving it was starting to thunder, so I was hoping for a bit more rain to cool things down and refresh the greenery…since then we have had quite a few downpours and the roof over our laundry space started leaking…be careful what you wish for!
Sun-19-May-2024