Our regular seller at the local market often gives us a few freebies (maybe things they have too many of or that are likely to go off soon) – this time it was some chillies! I wanted to get them looking brighter and shinier in my sketch …next time I’ll do better.
Sat-2-Aug-2025
Yet another evening sketch – this time of some pasalubong that we bought in Canada for family members. I had to be restrained from eating these. I also struggle with depicting shiny bags like this in sketches – another reason why this subject is not for me.
Tue-29-Jul-2025
I made this pickle (I think what they call relish in the USA, though mine is not sweet) on a weekend at the end of July and then it sat on the worktop waiting for me to put labels on it. I know I only drew kimchi a short while ago but it was calling out to be drawn. According to Wikipedia Branston is a pickle first made in 1992 by Crosse & Blackwell in the village of Branston near Burton upon Trent. I just follow a recipe that makes something like it.
Tue-29-Jul-2025
It was a rainy day when I sketched this, and a planned sketch-walk (with #UskManila) was cancelled, so I sketched this instead. After she got out of hospital my wife ate a lot of soup. As soon as I bought these, my mind went to Warhol’s famous pop art paintings and I thought I would sketch them too.
Sat-19-Jul-2025
I spent a good long time making this on one Sunday…when I sketched these jam jars, it was fermenting nicely. The gochugaru chili powder doesn’t quite have the same rich red colour that it had before. Maybe it’s too old (luckily when I tasted the kimchi later, it was fine).
Mon-14-Jul-2025
This is a sketch of some olive oil we bought at Costco in Calgary, alongside the equivalent from the Philippines. We were shocked at how big everything was in Canada …big country, big portions, massive cars and (in Costco for sure), everything bought in bulk. Of course if you can afford it and you have space to store it, the latter makes a lot of sense. This 2 litre tub of olive oil was the smallest size available!
Fri-20-Jun-2025
Here is another sketch of a random object from our pantry. This is a bottle of (SM Bonus) rice wine that we bought a long time ago, just for cooking. In fact it’s so rough, that it’s barely good enough for that!
Mon-13-May-2024