Everyday in May # 2 Lemon

Everyday in May # 1 on the chopping board

Couldn't decide what to draw today, so here's a view of what was on the chopping board ......Camembert, portabello mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes..now under the grill.......and washed down with a cold glass of Chardonnay.
I've had problems scanning this, I think because the red has been done with Chinese watercolours and the rest with European...could it be the different densities of the paints?

Chinese pastries

I needed to draw some food! Have a bite, make yourself a cuppa

Here's the finished Arthouse Sketchbook Project.

My theme was Thread and Surface.

 Here's a link to the Arthouse Coop site for more information about the project

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookprojectlimited

Arthouse Sketchbook Project Cover

Thread and  Surface
Front

and back.......going to put it all in a book viewing programme, will post soon.

I've finished this book so now I'll have time to catch up with everyone!!!! (not going to fiddle with it oh no ... Thanks for your comments along the way everyone!

 

Arthouse Sketchbook Inside cover

Front and back

Thread and Hot Surfaces

Happy Easter everyone.

page 2/3.......just for fun.
A few hidden things in there, I really shouldn't have looked at the maze book in the waiting room!
Almost finished the cover so I'll post soon.

No time to draw eggs this year but here's last years egg if you want a bite
http://debra.morris.hk/2011/04/chocolate-egg.html

First page

Last page

End of my tether and my pencil.
I've still got the first page and cover to do but almost there : )

Unravelling

Knotted

another Arthouse Sketchbook page, nearly done......................

Lucky coins

Next page in the Arthouse Sketchbook ...metal and thread.....

Chinese lucky coins...finding the sketchbook too small for all the detail (or that's my excuse)
Thanks for your comments everyone!

Screw Threads

another Arthouse Sketchbook page....metal threads

Masako

My friend and teacher Masako.......

Crushed Metal

I confess!! the beach was rubbish free.
I'm afraid I added the cans so I could follow on with this page.

When I first started this sketchbook I wanted to play on words with a thread or surface theme.
It seems to have developed into either words or visual common threads running through the book......hopefully subtler than some of the ideas I've had.
I'm hoping it'll make sense to everyone when it's finished.
Missing my lovely watercolour paper but there's a certain pleasure in turning over the original pages and keeping it sketchy.

Sea Surface

Sea surface and slippery rocks....missing my morning swims....the sea surface temperature is 15 degrees, still a little cold for Hong Kong, but I'm determined to jump in next week!

Caution

Another Arthouse Sketchbook page.......Slippery Surface........my original thought was to do a sign but I walked over this and thought it'd be fun......(I did run out of patience in the end)

Dan Tart

dan tart/egg tart 蛋挞 . More Arthouse Sketchbook coming soon, thanks for visiting

Clean Surface

Bamboo Surfaces

Bamboo surfaces from around the flat......

Hanging Bamboo

Hanging bamboo blind (and couldn't help putting the best view from the balcony......in the middle of our view is the Power Station, I think I might do a sketch of this at another time)