Traces: early morning

I've left in a bit of the following page in the scan, used to take down notes yesterday,  as this was the first notebook to hand.

Brush markers and watercolours in Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.

Traces

Brush markers and watercolours in Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.

Break

Brush marker, ink pen and watercolours in Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.

Ordinary life

Brush marker and watercolours in big sketchbook.

Life (II)

Brush marker, ink pen and watercolour in Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.

Lots of downward looking or closed eyes in these drawings - I hadn't noticed that while drawing.

New sketchbook: assessment

This new sketchbook is horizontally formatted, A5, with pages that can take watercolour, but not drenching.

Brush marker and watercolour in A5 'Seawhite of Brighton' sketchbook.

Early

Brush markers and watercolour 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.

Rendezvous

Yesterday was my last serious rendezvous with the dentist in London - at least in so far as the present situation demands. Now this rich and beautiful relationship (he must surely be rich, and I am trying to be beautiful) must become merely episodic. I sketched on the train, at the Hampstead branch of Carluccio's, and at the terrific exhibition New Décor at the Hayward Gallery. The next few days are going to be very busy, so I probably won't be able to post every day.

Pencil and brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook.

Out and about

Busy day on the trot yesterday. I had to go to London to visit my old friend, the dentist. I managed to see an exhibition and have tea with a good friend (lovely seeing you looking so well, D!)

Pencil and brush marker in small Moleskine sketchbook

Finished my small Moley

but fortunately had the bigger one with me too!

Ink pen and brush marker in Moleskine sketchbook.

Waiting room

Marker pen and a touch of brush marker in small Moleskine sketchbook.


Very quick sketch, but will that excuse the wonky perspective? No it won't. 

Cuddle

Brush markers and watercolour in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.


Possum adores my friend Fátima (also a doggy person), who came to visit from Lisbon. It was dog on lap and ton sur ton of sunkissed hair on sunkissed fur. I messed up the scrawly sketch of Fátima's face, so got a bit of help from the camera!

"Breezy Angels" and Albertine

Ink pen, brush marker, Indian ink and watercolour in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.

Ink pen and watercolour in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.

Brush markers in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.

My wonderful rambling Albertine roses from observation, the heaven sent friends from a couple of photographs I took when they came last week bringing (with the lightest touch and the best cheer) lunch, which we had under the awnings on the deck. Title courtesy Sid!

Beans Coffee Stop

Brush markers and ink in Windsor and Newton sketchbook

I added the ink wash at home - the other day, while looking for the black ink in my studio, I discovered this old jar of lovely brown ink (looks like it might not be permanent) that now seems to be creeping into all my drawings!

Pear-shaped

Ink pen and brush markers on Boots paper bag

Did this drawing yesterday on the bag that came holding prescription medicine. Too tired to draw today, more tomorrow!

Blot on the landscape

Indian ink and brush marker in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.


The plums are just beginning to form, green with a slight blush. Possum under the tree looked like a blot, so I thought I'd render her in indian ink. It had dried up a bit in my aquaflo brush pen, so I made a mess of the tree, but the dog looks, um, like a blot!

Bloomsday

Brush markers and a touch of red pencil crayon in Windsor and Newton sketchbook.


16 June is Bloom's Day, if anyone's forgotten. Celebrating Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. If I'd have remembered on time, I'd have made a Dubliny, Joyce-y drawing today. Mind you, it's also the anniversary of the Soweto riots, which I remember well because I was still living in Johannesburg in 1976. But no... I choose to draw Possum resting on a huge bean bag. And other dogs and people seen in town while out shopping this morning. 

Soccer fever?

Brush markers in Moleskine sketchbook

Houses on the outskirts of the next village.