Basic Draw

 
I loooove getting snail mail! This envelope came in the mail a week ago, and I could tell by the handwriting, washi tape, and the cool stamps that it came from Jodi Wiley. I pasted it into my drawing journal and drew my happy self.
My new sketchbook with watercolour pages in it, gives me a wonderful boost to experiment with my materials.

A quick self portrait in my sketch journal. I used a photo for reference.
For this drawing I used an HB pencil.

Yesterday, I posted that road trip drawing I did in Switzerland. Here is a bunch of other drawings I did during my stay in Switzerland in October:

Sketching Family

Out for lunch in St. Gallen on a rainy day. The women who owned the place saw what I was doing, and she kept grabbed my Sketchbook (while I was drawing!), bringing it to the back of the restaurant to show her employees. It was very funny and it was lovely to see how impressed she was with this mediocre sketch.

The longer I looked at this church, the stranger I found its architecture, with unexpected corners everywhere.

My husbands feet and a pot of tea back home.

Next day I visited the museum Reina Sofia and I was also told to go see the Atocha train station which is on the other side of the roundabout there. So I did and also drew it.

Early in the evening, I made this drawing while having tapas with my husband. Including greasy tapas stains:

And we visited the wonderful mercado de San Miguel at night, for a glass of Verdejo and... yup, more tapas!

I am still doing my daily self portraits, as you can see. Theres just a few pages to go in my current sketchbook, and I will sure keep the habit of doing self portraits, but Ill be glad to not be committed to do one each day anymore when I start a new sketchbook.
On the 14th, we woke up to another gorgeous day and before heading out, I drew the view from our window.
Next day, just before leaving home, we visited El Rastro, the largest flea market in the world, held every week. Super festive. We walked and walked and walked, so I didnt sketch any of it. The only drawing I made was the one in the right corner, during lunch.

People call me a health freak. I guess thats because I am one. I eat a lot of fruit, love my veggies, and I dont eat sugar. And then I havent even told you about my sport schedule. Ill keep that to myself for now - it might freak you out.

Still going strong, with A Selfie A Day!
Hated the one I did on April 4 here in the left corner of the page. I had a sketch date with my dad the day after and decided to ignore the ugly face and draw half through it. I now really love the page, as I took a lot of time to draw my fathers kitchen and get all those details and colours in too.


As you can see in the selfie in the bottom right corner, dinner was great.

Today is the second official World Wide Sketchcrawl of this year! I will be sketching with a group of like minded people in Amsterdam this afternoon, and looking forward to it.
You can find out more about the Sketchcrawl I am hosting in this earlier post or find a sketchcrawl group to join in your area by clicking here and type your town or city in the search bar.

For my birthday, a friend of mine gave me a wonderful set of graphite pencils. They had been sitting on my desk, waiting to be used, and on Saturday I finally sat down and drew our coffee pot while sipping the coffee that came out of it. While I sat there drawing at the kitchen table, my husband played the ukelele. True weekend bliss! Eating super sweet strawberries, outside in the sun - and getting to use their juice as paint - gave the a beautiful summer feeling to the Monday evening.
Inspite of the bliss, I have been feeling restless for quite some time. Its all in my head and I know Ill be fine once I get all my thoughts in order. It was good to hear the soothing quote (I dont remember whose it is) Nobody knows what theyre doing! Phew.
Oh and by the way, that tea in the top right corner .... it reminded me of smelly feet!

-quick snapshots taken with my phone during the process of the coffe pot drawing-