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73-2375 – Coronation sketch

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Here is a sketch I did while I watched King Charles’s coronation. I am not a big fan of the UK royal family – especially when the taxpayer has to stump up more than 100 million pounds to pay for the fairly pointless event (during a cost of living crisis). Given that Charles is worth more than 1.8 billion pounds himself, I think he could of chipped in a bit. Nevertheless it was an historic occasion, if a little weird and archaic, so I decided I would at least watch it (well half watch, while I sketched a shelf full of our landlady’s knick-knacks).

Sat-6-May-2023

73-2368 – Flowers on the table

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Here is my first sketch inside our new (temporary) apartment. I always like staying in a new place and sketching the various nick-knacks the owner has. Our landlady has left quite a few bunches of plastic flowers around the place – this is one of them.

Mon-24-Apr-2023

71-2334 – Bags of goodies

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Here is a belatedly posted sketch that I started last night but didn’t finish. These big bags are full of pasalubong that my sister-in-law (who is staying with us for a few weeks) has generously brought all the way from Canada. Pasalubong is a lovely Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts to people back home.

Thu-23-Mar-2023

71-2327 – Sleeping beauty

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Having sketched General Tapioca the other day, I thought I would do a quick drawing of Captain Haddock last night. He was curled up on his favourite cushion in the corner…most of what you can see are his paws which obscured his face. Our cats are named after characters from Tintin by the way.

Tue-14-Mar-2023

71-2321 – Box of tools

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We occasionally try to tidy up our little apartment (we are not very good at it) and on the weekend I sorted out all the tools we had in various places, and put them in this plastic box. I think the box used to contain ‘spartyghetti’….a party sized box of spaghetti.

Tue-7-Mar-2023

71-2318 – Moussaka with tofu topping

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These are all the ingredients I put in our dinner last night (there are some out of sight too). It might seem like that’s a lot but it was faster to prepare it than it was to sketch it all. The dish has a layer of grilled eggplants (aubergine), a sauce of tomatoes, onions, carrots and zucchini and a topping made with tofu puréed with soy sauce, lemon juice, mustard, and almonds. We served it with garlic bread…yummy!

Fri-3-Mar-2023

69-2248 – Book binding time again

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This is the first sketch in a new sketchbook – number 69! At the same time I am in the process of making another one (it makes a change to be in advance as I am often making a new one at the last moment). We are travelling over the festive season so I am making sure I have plenty of sketchbooks!

Fri-9-Dec-2022