This sketch was done on our last day on our Yangtze cruise, when the ship docked next to another one.
Wed-9-Aug-2017
Pencil
#469 – The bund
When it finally stopped raining on our second day we went for a walk along the ‘Bund‘ – a waterfront with historical buildings on one side and modern skyscrapers on the other. This is obviously not the historical view! I attracted quite a few people when sketching this – a bit disconcerting at times, but I’ve grown used to it. My strathmore sketchbook doesn’t do too well on double page spreads – the only disadvantage with it.
Sat-5-Aug-2017
#444 – White walls
This is a quick doodle done in my hotel room. The walls are white or off white, but to my eyes have a lot of colour reflected.
Tue-11-July-2017
#443 – Unfinished building
Late posting of a drawing I did on Sunday. After working most of the day I walked downtown and ate a sandwich at a little café. This building has been designed by Zaha Hadid – an Iraqi-British architect, famous for wacky, fantastic and dynamic buildings. Unfortunately work seems to have halted – though someone at the café (who said he was one of the 5 key skateboarders in Lebanon…you meet the most interesting people when sketching!) said that he has seen them doing work on it.
Sun-9-July-2017
#394 – Smelly river
This view is of what I think is MacArthur Bridge, over the Pasig River. Unfortunately the river really pongs, so after a few minutes we moved on, as the smell was a bit overpowering. I finished this off today with a few ink lines from my trust UniPin pen which I find will draw on anything. I used a water-soluble graphite pencil to do the initial drawing.
Sat-20-May-2017
#389 – Bookshelf
Another around the house doodle done today – our heavily laden bookshelf.
Fri-19-May-2017
#388 – Snoozing
Here is one of our cat who spends all day sleeping…I used watercolour and pencil for this…a bit more of a relaxed style.
Thu-18-May-2017
#344 – Apple on desk
Just for a change I used oil pastels in this – as well as watercolour and pencil.
Mon-27-Mar-2017
#315 – Life drawing
Here is another life drawing in pastel, pencil and ink (the last one I will post) from the life drawing set up that I joined last week.
Sat-11-Feb-2017