118-3465 – Daily carry

I have been trying (and kind of failing) to reduce what I carry about daily for sketching. This kit includes, my mini watercolour set, water, a few Derwent watercolour pencils, a black pencil, a Sailor Fude pen, a Platinum Preppy pen, a TWSBI pen, some tissues, a uni-ball pen, a water brush, a white Posca pen, a big squirrel brush, a syringe, a kneadable eraser, a little water pot, a Rosemary and Co. dagger brush and a wrist band for wiping my brushes.

Wed-22-Apr-2026

118-3462 – Mini palette

My wife was given a little tin box to put watercolours in and seeing it, I couldn’t resist buying one myself. I have put a basic range of 6 colours in half-pans in it (though I might split some of these into two quarter pans), including some relatively new colours that I don’t use often. It’s so small (just 6x5cm) that it fits in my roll up pencil case.

Mon-20-Apr-2026

118-3461 – Miranda Yolanda

This sketch was done at the Spotlight Blackbox Theater, in Ayala Malls Circuit, where we went to watch a play called “Miranda & Yolanda”. According to some blurb the play (in two parts) explores “the insidious ways power corrupts people”. The first part (Miranda) was in English so no interpreting was needed. In the second part my wife kindly whispered in my ear to explain what was going on (to my shame my Tagalog is still hopeless). I sketched this while we were waiting for the play to start.

Sun-19-Apr-2026

118-3460 – Mum

Here is another sketch of my mum done while we were having a video chat. The day I sketched this she was sadly very confused and distressed about where she was and what was going on around her. Thankfully the day I am posting this she seems a bit more back to normal.

Sat-18-Apr-2026

118-3459 – Captain Haddock

This painting was done after a fairly long gap between sketches – although the gap was filled with finishing off other partly done drawings. This is our cat sitting in his favourite spot in the evening. I have drawn him multiple times, but in this attempt I tried to keep the colours really simple and faded those in the background to make him stand out.

Fri-17-Apr-2026

118-3458 – Petrol queue

I did this sketch on my way back from the life drawing session with Kyusi Sunday Sketchers, when I stopped to fill up with petrol. The queue was quite long and of course the cost has doubled since the start of this stupid, illegal and disastrous war with Iran.

Sun-12-Apr-2026