While in Grand Turk I stayed in yet another Airbnb place and did this sketch. It was actually much nicer than it looks in this gloomy drawing, but the living room was dominated by an enormous TV, only a few feet from the couch!
Mon-3-Feb-2020
On Sunday I took a short trip to Grand Turk (even though it is south of Providenciales, they say going ‘up’ to Grand Turk here…I guess because that is where the capital is?). Anyway it was nice to be going to a different island for a change. This sketch is not of the plane I was on….for my flight we took a tiny turboprop plane, with a little door so low that I brained myself on the way in.
Sun-2-Feb-2020
I got bitten by a huge yellow wasp-like insect when hanging up the laundry last Saturday (it drew blood so bitten is more accurate than stung). It hurt like I’d had a red hot needle jabbed into my foot. Luckily by the time I drew this the swelling had gone down.
Sat-1-Feb-2020
Last sketch for the #PantryArtProject, done after a long tiring week of field visits – visiting schools. In TCI I buy drinking water in these big tubs – but as with all things plastic, I can’t bring myself to throw them away as there is no recycling here.
Fri-31-Jan-2020
I’m still not finished with #PantryArtProject sketches…here is one of some coffee my daughter brought back for me from Ecuador. Lucky girl got to go and do two weeks of field work and study in the cloud forests!
Wed-29-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject. I meant to make this very quick as I was tired after a hard day at work…then I started fiddling with it and adding texture with coloured pencils.
Tue-28-Jan-2020
As you might tell by the title I was listening to a Dhamma talk while I drew this in the morning before I headed off to work. Something to get me going in the mornings (as well as sketching)! This is what I call my ‘bedside suitcase’…there is a chest of drawers on the other side of the room, but I prefer a lamp next to my bed…so this is my solution!
Tue-28-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch done from my balcony on the weekend. I am not sure who owns all these cars as my landlady said that I am the only guest at the moment…so they must belong to her and her family. Somehow the car in front ended up getting stretched in my sketch!
Sun-26-Jan-2020
Here is another sketch for the #PantryArtProject – an empty bottle of grapefruit juice – the type that has that unnatural pink colour and is also too sweet. I much prefer the tangier version we can buy at home. I really admire people who can sketch transparent things like bottles and glasses…somehow my attempts look to heavy. This one seemed to get a bit elongated too!
Sat-25-Jan-2020