It is only four weeks until we leave for London on holidays. And here is this weeks envelope to my interstate travelling companion.
Royal Albert Hall .This is just around the corner from where we are staying in London, so we may see it often – Very exciting ! This is drawn in watercolour pencil on a heavy cream envelope. You can see the texture of the paper in the scan
And my travel drawing this week .
A little bit of tweaking to the perfect sketching shoulder bag . I bought my Hedgren bag just over a month ago and wrote about it and sketched it
I have been wearing and using my bag daily, and kept getting confused as to which of the front two pockets held my pencil roll and which holds my Moleskine sketchbook. As there are only two pocket on the outside, you would think it would be hard to get that confused !- and I need both for the sketch anyway . But I often want to grab my sketchkit quickly as I see an opportunity to sketch , and want the sketchbook and only one pencil.
Any way all problems solved today – I attached a very used pencil to the zip pull of the pocket that holds the pencils .
I got this idea from my pencil brooches. I have been using watercolour pencils for about 6 years and have not thrown any of the used stubs away. They have been on so many adventures with me! In the last year I have been making brooches and magnets from my used pencils. At the moment they are just for me to wear (which Is why I am not turning them into any other sort of jewelry) But I am getting together a bit a collection now and may sell them one day …..I wear the brooches to any sketching event or when I am out on weekends. The brooches are a great talking point too. People are fascinated that they are the real thing and were actually used to draw.
Ha! Love the little pencil reminder! I’m always struggling with the same thing!
thanks Suzanne. I will see how it works in reality. It was fun to draw anyway
Only a month to go – wow, time is going so fast. You must be getting so excited. Just the thought of London and Barcelona takes me back to my backpacking days…I hope to visit them again one day. Until then, I will do so vicariously through you! And I absolutely love your pencil brooches. What a fantastic idea – and great mementos of all those pencils you’ve used. Brilliant!
I have just discovered your new blog and so enjoyed looking through all your work. There was an instant love of the snail envelopes, one of my favourite subjects, and yours are wonderful. I also love your envelope drawings. When I go on holiday I always collect paper everything, to draw on and save all sorts of letters to use for drawing on. Your London drawings are lovely. Sounds like an exciting holiday to look forward to.
I loved reading your post about drawing in real books problem, as a teacher I can understand that too. I find it hard to journal and write next to my drawings. Yet absolutely love seeing and reading other people’s thoughts by their drawings.
I shall look forward to seeing more. Millyx
Thank you for visiting Milly and for leaving such lovely comments . You know that I am a great follower of your art and enjoy the drawings and paintings that you do from your coastal walks and nature objects that you collect on the way.They are an inspiration