Today is the first day of easing restrictions from the third lockdown, in England. With light at the end of this long pandemic tunnel I’m starting to feel a little hope (mostly hoping that it’s not a train!). As always, art and fellow artists have kept me from going crazy during this time.
Yesterday’s sketch was done during another fun Instagram Live with 4 amazing sketchers, Alvin (@artofalvin), Marek (@marekbad64), Siu-Lan (@slc.scribbles) and Leslie (@montrealsketcher). This time, drawing the shophouses of Penang from a photo taken by Barbara Weibel. Hilarious banter and some fantastic sketching was achieved before Alvin broke the internet!
Instead of just using the pencil, I went in with permanent black ink with a fountain pen before adding watercolour. There’s always room for improvement but for now, here it is:
