#SketchYourWorld

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87-2695 - Mini sketch

“If you are going to live to 100, you might as well be happy” – this is a quote from Rhee Kun Hoo from an article I read in the Guardian. I thought of his philosophy of life and how to be happy, while I was sketching this. These are those mini tubes of toothpaste that airlines sometimes give you. I didn’t realise we had accumulated so many…so I’ve started using them – though some don’t taste so…

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Kasi Sketchbook Club. #SketchYourWorld #KSB @tako_Universe

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很喜歡這個人物，這裡也要貼一次。我真的不想再回去做動畫手工業了，眼睛已經受傷了，希望寶貴時間能留給想做的事。只有一直祈求著💪💟👀#sketchyourworld #sketch #dailydrawing #illustration

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85-2639 - Flavour in full bloom at Starbucks

Here is a quick sketch done the other day when we went to Starbucks. Sitting behind us were some young women discussing politics, while there were some kids running round and round screaming… not exactly a peaceful atmosphere. Thu-28-Mar-2024

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87-2709 - May’s birks

I realised the other day, that I haven’t sketched these sandals…even though I tend to sketch all the new shoes we get these days. Somehow I didn’t get the proportions of these right…the one on the right looks like a high heel sandal! Oh well, never mind. Tue-28-May-2024

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85-2640 - Remains of the cake

My wife made me a delicious coffee-walnut cake for my birthday. Of course I had to sketch what was left…I also had to do this quickly before the ants attacked it. We seem to be plagued by them at the moment. Fri-29-Mar-2024

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85-2638 - Flowers are for everyone

Here is a sketch of the flowers I got for my birthday last week (from my daughters partner). Even the cats got excited with a new cardboard box (that the flowers came in) to play in. Not only did I get flowers but also cake (one with the flowers and one delicious homemade coffee-walnut cake – see next post – from my wife) and a bottle champagne! Thank you to everyone who greeted me and of course…

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85-2636 - Visiting the ENT

This is the first sketch in a new sketchbook. I saw a post by one of my favourite sketchers (@koosekoene) about making use of sketchbooks that are gathering dust due to their challenging format, and stepping out of your comfort zone. So I decided to finally make use of a small sketchbook that was given to me by my daughters partner. It’s B6 size (4.9 × 6.9 inches), so a bit smaller than I usually…

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84-2634 - Two birds one head-torch

In preparation for a short hike on Saturday 23 March, I had to hunt around the house to find this head-torch (because the hike included a possible visit to a cave). I (surprisingly) found it where I expected it to be…and decided I would sketch it too, solving the problem of finding it and my daily question of “what shall I sketch”, at the same time. I think this head-torch was a Christmas…

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84-2633 - Two elephants

So after all my busy urban sketching it’s back to some still life-type sketches at home again. I’ve probably sketched these two objects before, but I thought they would go well together. The wooden elephant came from when we lived in Cambodia I think and the elephant mug was a present from our daughter when she made a school trip to South Africa. Wed-20-Mar-2024

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84-2623 - Mohan Ysa Shilpi Ce

Here is another sketch done during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC event, with the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global) at Urban Chick in QC. I think we had been discussing drawing faces and people, so I gave it a go – there are lots more faces coming in my next post too… Fri-15-Mar-2024

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84-2622 - Urban Chick

Here is my first sketch (of many) done during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC (translated as “Meeting Place in Quezon City”) event. The Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global) were visiting for a series of events and activities. For me this kicked off with a “Drink and Draw” social evening at a little restaurant called Urban Chick along Maginhawa Street in QC. I arrived pretty early (I…

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84-2621 - Workout

I bought some weights for my wife the other day. The 4kg ones she already has are much more compact…these 3kg ones are huge! Anyway I thought they would make a nice subject to sketch…and a chance to use lots of Opera Pink paint! Thu-14-Mar-2023

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84-2620 - Pickle then sketch

The other day I bought green chillies at the supermarket, but they only seemed to sell them in huge quantities. We only use a few each week at best, and then the rest of them go off, so I looked up a recipe to pickle them. Naturally after doing the pickling I sketched the result. We ate some of them with a meal a few days later – they turned out to be delicious, not too spicy (I took out the…

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84-2618 - Damm’s Restobar

On Sunday 10 March my wife and I went for a cycle ride along part of Marikina River, where they they have quite a long cycle path. We started at what is called the Skating/Bicycle Rink and cycled north for a few kilometres. Then on the way back we went a bit further south to the Chinese Pagoda where we had a lovely breakfast at Damm’s Restobar. Next to us in the restaurant were bikers from the…