Here is another drawing I scanned from one of my old sketchbooks. This was done when I was living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia – from the balcony of my friends house (which is what the title half means – it’s a transliteration from Khmer).
15-Nov-1992
Here is another early sketch from when I lived in Bath. I still remember doing this (despite it being done 30 years ago). I sat on a bench on my way home from work and it was really cold – even though I was wearing fingerless gloves. I used to live up the hill to the right and had to cross the river (that’s a river in the foreground) and go under the railway viaduct. I still think of this as my first “urban sketch”…though I am sure I did others before this.
28-March-1992
Last nights drawing of a stainless steel flask – it may be grey and silver but it reflects so many colours.
Wed-28-Mar-2018
Here are a few more sketches from when I lived in Cambodia. These are just some views in my apartment done in 1997:
1. Some space: 19-Feb-1997
2. Tomorrow will be good: 24-Jul-1997
3. Part way packed up: 15-Aug-1997
My old students in Cambodia asked for some drawings of the Bayon to print on a T-shirt, so that got me looking through my old sketchbooks. Here are the Bayon drawings I found.
I was lucky enough to spend 7 years living and working in Cambodia. For holidays I used to travel up to Siem Reap and spend a whole week just hanging about the temples and drawing. My drawings were bolder and I used less ink back then…inspiration for changing for what I do now. I’ll be posting a few more from Cambodia and other times in batches….
Here is the other drawing I did at life drawing with “secret nudes” on Sunday (got the day wrong in my last post!). The model wasn’t quite as angular as she appears in my drawing and as always, I struggled with the hands and the feet!
Sun-22-Oct-2017
I went to life drawing classes with a group called “Secret Nudes” on Sunday. There was only time to do three drawings but it was a nice small group and a good model. The first drawing I barely started before time was up – this one is my second effort.
Sun-22-Oct-2017
So after a few days of taking it easy and posting older drawings, I am back to sketching around my home. Here is one of our cat Tintin (she was named by the rescue centre we got her from…I suppose because of her ginger colouring). For a change I used pencil and pastel for this one – no ink and no watercolour!
Thu-19-Oct-2017
Here is just a quick doodle which I did while working by the poolside back home today…I was attracted by the contrast of the bush against the colour of the water…but I’m not sure if I really captured it.
Fri-22-Sep-2017