After #CCPPasinaya2024 last weekend, a group of us went to Harbour Square to do just one more sketch before heading to Quezon City to help put up the Fifth Anniversary Exhibition of #UskQuezonCity. I was joined by my sketching friends @theartistpaul2020, @reuelgarzon and Edgardo Granada. Of course (after the usual awful traffic…you can always blame it on the traffic) we ended up arriving at the exhibition venue (the Presidential Car Museum) a bit late.
Sat-3-Feb-2024
The next #UskQuezonCity prompt for #Sketchtober2023 was ‘bread’ (for Day 6) and although I have recently draw the results of my bread making, I didn’t hesitate to draw this new loaf. After a few failures (rock hard or doughy loaves) I bought some new yeast and this was the solution. This loaf (the Kenwood recipe calls it ‘rustic white’) came out perfectly.
Sat-7-Oct-2023
Following the #Sketchtober2023 prompts gives me a good excuse for sketching some fruit (the prompt for day 4). These are plantains – they taste a lot nicer than they look. I find they don’t go off as quickly as bananas (which they are related to)…but seem to be a lot higher in calories! I wasn’t careful where I put the plantains in this sketch, so had to put in more background than I usually do…but somehow I think it works.
Thu-5-Oct-2023
Having enjoyed two full days of #UrbanSketching, I went back to just sketching things around the house with this one. I have been repairing our cats scratching poles (which they regularly destroy with their sharp claws…along with our furniture) and used this glue gun to reattach all the sisal rope.
Fri-29-Sep-2023
I am posting out of order as usual, and with this sketch I am making a tenuous link to both the first day of #Inktober (prompt of “dream”) and #Sketchtober2023 from #UskQuezonCity (prompt of “chair”). Killing two birds with one sketch as they (don’t) say. The most tenuous link is to the prompt of dream – on the stool is the next book I am going to read – part two of a series, the first of which was called “The Dreaming Void”.
Mon-2-Oct-2023
Last night I started a new sketchbook. This one is made with 300 gsm hot pressed Paul Rubens paper, which at first use seems to take the paint easily, but also soaks up the ink a bit to fast, like blotting paper. It’s going to take a bit of getting used to. I thought I would also start off planning what paints I am going to take on my next trip – as I feel 14 (in the top sketch), is not enough! The paints are a mixture of Schmincke, Daniel Smith, Shinan, Holbein Water Colour, Mission and Cotman.
Mon-26-Jun-2023