Last sketch for the #PantryArtProject, done after a long tiring week of field visits – visiting schools. In TCI I buy drinking water in these big tubs – but as with all things plastic, I can’t bring myself to throw them away as there is no recycling here.
Fri-31-Jan-2020
I’m still not finished with #PantryArtProject sketches…here is one of some coffee my daughter brought back for me from Ecuador. Lucky girl got to go and do two weeks of field work and study in the cloud forests!
Wed-29-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject. I meant to make this very quick as I was tired after a hard day at work…then I started fiddling with it and adding texture with coloured pencils.
Tue-28-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – an empty bottle of grapefruit juice – the type that has that unnatural pink colour and is also too sweet. I much prefer the tangier version we can buy at home. I really admire people who can sketch transparent things like bottles and glasses…somehow my attempts look to heavy. This one seemed to get a bit elongated too!
Sat-25-Jan-2020
All the time I was sketching this I was thinking of the terrible business of the Coronavirus that is currently spreading from Wuhan. I’d much rather have a beer than worry about it – best not to think about things in the future but concentrate on the present instead.
Fri-24-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – as the title says, just a little bag of rice. What would a pantry be without this? This is brown rice, which I much prefer.
Wed-22-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – some delicious oat milk. At home we can only buy soy milk or cows milk (unless you have buckets of money), so I was interested to try this. I found it has a nice creamy texture and is great to drink by itself. I drink more non-dairy milks these days because of the impact the dairy industry has on the environment. But I don’t think I’d drink almond milk – I understand (though I may be wrong) that it has very very little almond in it (it’s mostly water) and that a single glass requires vast amounts of water to produce (74 litres!). The oat on the other hand can grow almost anywhere…hence the mighty oat.
Mon-20-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject. I am used to Asian eggplants – much slimmer and longer….the ones here are huge. I have got into the habit of calling them eggplants too…though it’s been mentioned a few times when I am in the UK that I have become Americanised as I should be calling them aubergines.
Sat-18-Jan-2020
I thought I’d try a slightly different approach in this one – on a tired Friday evening. I started with watercolour pencils and only added a bit of ink later. I’ve got a bit stuck in my ways…but maybe I should stay stuck.
Fri-17-Jan-2019