Here are the next two drawings I did in my little sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project PH with @1372DESIGNS / @_STUDIO1372. These are of one of some flowers sketched at the memorial park after a sleepless night for All Souls Day and some tangerines in a basket.
These are three essential implements in our kitchen: A rubber spatular – perfect for scraping every last morsel of food from a bowl or pan; A large “kitchen devil” knife – always stays super sharp; and a stainless steel slice – made by prestige of Inox Steel – we will never need another one…all this from a pre-enshittification era.
I cooked one of our favourite dishes the other day (tofu mushroom stroganoff), from the Cranks fast food cookbook and had to buy some wine to go in it…and also had to sample some as I cooked!
Here are the next two drawings I did in my little sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project PH with @1372DESIGNS / @_STUDIO1372. These are of a bag clip that was laying on our worktop, plus a tub of Soyfresh milk.
This used to belong to my parents, it was then passed on to my daughter and then to me. I’m glad to finally get it because it’s the best one I’ve had – nice and sharp and with some big chunky holes!
If you draw the same things repeatedly it’s worth trying a slightly different method each time. This sketch is not that different though – I just used watercolour pencils and started with a water spray (as I did with my previous sketch of bananas).
These days I deliberately buy green bananas, knowing that they will ripen really quickly. Apologies to anyone who is bored seeing my banana sketches. I’ve sketched them a million times but this was the first thing on hand…it was a wet market shopping day after all.
When I was at the Art Sihan event in September I joined the Sketchbook Project PH with @1372DESIGNS / @_STUDIO1372. This is a community art initiative where participants fill the pages of a small sketchbook over a several months using doodles, paintings, and journaling. The finished sketchbooks will be returned to the studio (in Escolta) for an exhibition in 2027, where visitors will be able to browse through the sketchbooks. These are my first two sketches. I will be sticking to doing quick simple sketches of everyday objects and places, using my platinum preppy pen, Sailor Seiboku ink and watercolour pencils.
I think this day we were doing some serious cleaning after our cat had a little accident…I won’t got into details…so I decided to sketch some of the cleaning materials. This sketch is done in a new sketchbook made from a block of Jackson’s 300 gsm 8 x 10 inches hot pressed acid free Watercolour paper. It’s beautifully smooth and so far I am really enjoying it…though it’s pity it comes in such an odd size!