I still have a few sketches to post from the #UskQuezonCity event on the weekend but to for a change of pace this one goes back to my (failing) efforts to keep up with the #Sketchtober2023 prompts (Day 8). This is just a stack of our various cooking pans – a good opportunity to practice sketching shiny steel!
Tue-10-Oct-2023
Here is a sketch of a random kitchen gadget – our stainless steel garlic crusher. I have a feeling my sister bought us this and it’s the best garlic crusher ever. There is something about the leverage that makes it easy to use and then you can easily eject any bits that don’t go through the little holes.
Mon-11-Sep-2023
Here is a quick evening sketch of some kitchen tongs. Sketching things from the kitchen, when I can’t think of anything else to draw (and when I am too tired from work to think too hard) is one of my habits. I couldn’t quite get the metallic feel I wanted on these.
Tue-28-Jun-2022
The #Kyusisketchers theme today was father. As my father is no longer with us, I thought I’d sketch something to do with how we celebrated Father’s Day here. My day started with breakfast in bed – can’t get better than that. In the afternoon I got a lovely card from my daughter in the UK and my daughter here made me a huge chocolate cake. This is the debris she left in the sink afterwards. Thank goodness she also did the washing up.
Sun-21-June-2020
I sketched this on a lazy Saturday afternoon in our kitchen. On the stand are some old classic cookbooks (Madhur Jaffrey – Eastern Vegetarian Cooking), plus a collection of recipes from Bhutan put together by VSO. The big folder is full of Guardian “Feast” pull outs. The end of our workshop gets more and more crowded with junk each day!
Sat-13-June-2020
The other day I got out our rarely used food processor (something we bought many years ago when we lived in Jordan) to make ukoy (pumpkin fritters). We don’t use it much as it’s such a fiddle to clean and dry all the parts afterwards. Anyway before we put it away I thought it would make a good subject to draw. For a change I also sat on a very low stool…to get a different perspective.
Sat-18-April-2020
Here is another sketch done around the house – no explanation needed as to where this is I hope. I didn’t realise until I started this, how many of the utensils hanging up are circular – a few of them turned out less circular than I would have hoped. The round green thing in the middle is an antique soap dispenser, something I found on a building site in the UK many years ago.
Mon-30-Mar-2020
Here is another view in the new apartment I am staying in. Apart from the wall, most things are grey or black…so I started this as a black and white sketch and only thought to add a few dashes of colour later.
Sun-5-Jan-2020
I thought I was about to fall asleep last Friday evening – but then my landlord came round with a new TV because the old one was broken. That woke me up…so I tested out the new TV and watched Interstellar and sketched as I sprawled on the couch. I think I should put a few things in cupboards?
Fri-201-Sept-2019