Double Act

Brush marker and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Remembering

Some days, there is no time for anything but the quickest sketch from one of the many photographs I've taken. There are so, so many of Possum and her litter brother Tushy, taken over the years. They lived sometimes together, sometimes apart, and where the funniest, most quirky little double act. Tushy is still soldiering on, despite his kidney trouble, living happily and carrot obsessed in Sintra with Monica and João.

Brush marker and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Ordinary life

Brush marker and watercolours in big sketchbook.

Hole

Brush marker in big sketchbook.

Simplicity

Watercolour in large sketchbook.

Begonia in a pot

Brush marker and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Out and about

Indian ink brush marker and watercolour in big sketchbook.

I have these really silly individual letter stencils - you never know which way round the letter is: makes for inadvertently zany graphics!

Early

Brush markers and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Fresh

Ink pen and brush markers in big sketchbook.

Nap

Pencil and watercolour in large sketchbook

England (II)

In the next village, a church service for pets last Sunday, including blessing.  Couldn't resist going for the photo op. Drawing done only today, so alas, not from observation. The vicar brought her own two dogs, of course.

Pencil, marker and watercolour in big sketchbook. 

England

These elderly ladies having tea in a garden in a nearby village were all wearing blue. 

Pencil, brush marker and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Pencil in big sketchbook.

Deer

Walking in the parks of the Burghley Estate in Stamford yesterday, we saw two deer with the most phenomenal antlers. I took some photos and made a quick sketch after I downloaded them today.

Pencil and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Poppies

Brush marker, watercolour pencil and ink in big sketchbook


There are still poppies in the fields, bursts of them. I took photos on the way back from town because I didn't have my materials with me, and then drew them at home. I don't have any red ink, I suppose I should have used watercolours.

Pain peak

Brush markers and ink in big sketchbook.

Five minutes, rainy day

Brush markers on gouache wash in big sketchbook.


Blissfully fresh, rainy day, the sky bruised and brooding and the air marvellously cool. Why do I know this isn't everyone's idea of a beautiful June day?

Very quick again: a walk in the countryside

Pencil and pencil crayon in large sketchbook.

Ink pen, pencil and watercolour in big sketchbook

Pencil and pencil crayon in big sketchbook.

And because I can't capture the beauty of it... the blossom of the flowering chestnut tree (for Ea!)

Quick morning cuddle

Pencil in big sketchbook.

I think there won't be any more time to be at the computer today, we've got some friends coming from London for the rest of the bank holiday weekend. So a real quickie today.

Lost and found, 2

Staedtler black contour liner and watercolour in big sketchbook.

Brush markers and pencil crayon in big sketchbook.

More stuff I leave lying about the house.

Variations on the same theme

Pencil and watercolour in big sketchbook.