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sketchbook pages
As departure draws nigh, I am making more of an effort to do something in my various sketchbooks, every free day of the week. These ink bottles, done this morning, taught me two important things: 1)...
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Dragon’s Breath
About an hour to do…it’s getting easier, and addictive. Hard to stop at just one, I could spend the whole day doing this. I will have to move on from painting glass bottles, eventually…and from still...
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T2 + ◌
The tea ball was a challenge…the not-quite-solid surface, and that moiré effect when you look through the mesh…still think I could have done it better, maybe I’ll try again in a few days. Those...
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Redefine
On October 23 I had to stop and reiterate my ideas about keeping a constant sketchbook while traveling. The day found me pencilling the highlights and shadows of yet another faceted, sparkly glass...
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Announcing a new blog
Is this a good idea? I’m sure that a more tech-savvy person would have found a neater, more compact way of addressing my needs. I’m not crazy about the hours it takes to move a blog and its...
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sketchwalk
We went on a proper sketchwalk yesterday…left the camera at home to avoid the temptation to be lazy and use the excuse that I’m going to draw from photographs, later (really, really not the same…and...
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sketchbook pages
In case you weren’t aware of it, I keep images of most of my recent sketchbook pages on another blog, schizzograffia. I haven’t been taking many photos or doing much in the way of deep thinking, lately...
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Monument of Hope
I came to sit in the park and playground of the Monument to Hope in Bartica, a couple of times. There was never anyone there, it was a good place to be alone and sketch. The monument itself was not...
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Back in the arms of colour
Thank you, Dave & Sharynne, for the concerned e-mail! As I mentioned in my last post, whatever mood my posts may depict, chances are that the moment has long since passed, by the time I manage to...
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The Wreck of the Mazaruni
Kris was going crazy with the rainy weather, too, and didn’t even have me to talk to, once I got into my painting. At last we decided to go exploring the Essequibo River a bit…rain or no, at least the...
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Botany, Baby
It’s impossible to sketch in Guyana, and leave out the greenery. One is surrounded by riverine forests, and on our walks around the surrounding islands we come across interesting plants all the time,...
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because I’m smitten
The camera, again, this time in watercolours and colored pencil, because I’m smitten (and can’t actually USE it till I get my fat little fingers on some film).Filed under: sketchbooks, travel, Venezuela
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blue glass
A blue beer bottle from the fisherman’s restaurant on the beach along Paseo Colon. Picked some flowering shrubs along the way, but decided not to paint them in all their lilac-coloured glory, so that...
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The Nutmeg
Nutmegs are for sale at the touristy market in town for the incredible price of EC$5 a few pieces. One a walk into the mountains behind St. George’s Town, we found nutmegs growing everywhere, and...
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Theobroma cacao
The local “market” in St. George’s is little more than a Potemkin Village movie set for tourists. We wanted to stock up on raw cacao nibs for the trip (about 10 kilos…more or less 20 lbs.) but the old...
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Hay que vivir
Six weeks in Venezuela. I haven’t painted anything but this door and window…the ubiquitous pink-walled colonial house. Still charming. I haven’t been game enough to walk the streets with my camera, the...
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the groove
Trying to get back into the creative groove. It’s been a while since we were in a country where I can find decent (not top quality, but good enough for my skill levels!) art materials. Also, I have...
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3 April: Puros
The whole pack cost less than 2 dollars…definitely not your fine Cuban cigars! Bought it for Kris’ Elegguá…the Orisha god of crossroads, doors, pathways. He likes rum and cigars, candies, and toys like...
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5 April: picante
Mexican hot sauce. The bottle was very pretty—with a wooden cap and everything; but the sauce was insipid…Filed under: sketchbooks, travel
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10 April: calle Don Sancho
I drew this looking down calle Don Sancho from a tiny spot of shade along the murallas (the stone walls that surround the fortified city) in the midday heat. You can tell I was deeply impressed by the...
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