A lovely deer statue at a public drinking fountain, seen while walking around near the cathedral in the main square in Sion, Switzerland.
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The deserted outdoor scene at a restaurant by the river in Sion, Switzerland in the late summer of 2023. The restaurant hadn’t opened yet for dinner and we were just taking a stroll around the streets near our hotel. This is a quick phone snap taken of my sketchbook.
The photo was taken while on an evening stroll around Chelsea shortly after the pandemic lockdowns, when London was silent and very strange. This was a quick sketch done one hot afternoon sitting out on the patio of my parents’ home, trying to distract myself and keep productive by making daily sketches and ink drawings. Still getting used to my art materials…. and drawing with a brush pen instead of an actual brush and India ink.
Bought some Kuratake Real Color brushes to experiment with, to try and phase out use of my old brush and ink, have not really got the hang of it yet, resulting in somewhat mottled results while shading. Made a sketch of a characterful tree I saw in Sion, Switzerland, late one sunny afternoon. I liked the shadows the leaves cast on the cobbled street. Used the light blue-grey brush pen here and am not feeling so pleased with the results, I suppose more practice is required! Have not really been in the mood for sketching or drawing anything lately.
Returning to some inking and drawing again after a long break. Recently read that the 1939 Art Deco cinema in my hometown of Penang has been slated for demolition by the city council for the construction of another superfluous 27-storey condominium block. At this rate, my once lovely and characterful hometown will be unrecognisable in another decade or so. There is an online petition to try and save this building, but I am not optimistic about its chances of survival. Too many buildings of significant architectural interest have been demolished in recent months despite protest from NGOs and heritage conservation groups.
