Here is a sketch I did on Saturday morning after cleaning the balcony (that’s handle of the brush you can see). On the table is the cats tray, which had to be put of the way until the floor dries.
Sat-16-Jul-2022
This sketch was done for day 2 of #WorldWatercolorMonth – half following the prompt of “passion”. Thinking about it I am passionate about quite a few things – but of course sketching and our cat are pretty high on the list. So here is Captain Haddock taking a rest on his perch. To the right is a cushion even higher up, but for some reason (too wobbly maybe) he rarely climbs up there.
Sat-2-Jul-2022
This sketch has been languishing in my sketchbook for a while, so I finished it off. This is drawn sitting by our front door where we have a little table that accumulates stuff. Every now and then I have to actually put some things away!
Thu-23-Jun-2022
This item is something we brought back with us after I had a short stay in hospital last year (they probably would have thrown it in in the bin anyway). I am putting it in our car for emergencies. Given the terrible traffic here it seems like a good idea. I won’t go into details.
Sun-26-Jun-2022
I have been making my next sketchbook …so I sketched some of the things I was using. The new one will be made from an A3 pad of Daler Rowney Aquafine smooth watercolour paper, which I bought when I was last in the UK.
Thu-16-Jun-2022
I don’t often sketch from the TV, but for a change (seeing that watching movies on Netflix is something I do most nights), I decided to pause a movie at a random spot and sketch what I see (while chatting to my mum on Skype). This is a scene from “All the money in the world” – that’s supposed to be Christopher Plummer in the foreground…I need to work on sketching faces!
Wed-15-Jun-2022
Here is another one from the sketch-walk I joined last weekend with #UskQuezonCity at the Presidential Car Museum. These two Mercedes’ were used by presidents Estrada and Ramos.
Sun-5-Jun-2022
This sketch was done while I was participating in a #UskManila talk on quick urban sketching techniques. We were trying out contour and blind sketching …but I was also doodling the things on my desktop at the same time. Hidden in the view of my iPad screen is a drawing of a polar bear done by staring at a picture for 1 minute and trying to recall it.
Sat-4-June-2022
I did this sketch one evening while I was waiting for some eggplants/aubergines to roast (with olive oil, garlic and lemon juice). Just as I finished this sketch the timer went off and I toasted the bread, chopped up the Cuban oregano (a substitute for basil) ands some of the feta cheese (not actually feta but something close), added these to the eggplant and spread it on the toasted bread. Yummy.
Wed-1-June-2022