Yvonne's Sketchbook

More Faces

Things are settling down a little now, making the small apartment home for a couple of months. The streets are very narrow and very steep so we've only driven down it once to drop of our suitcases and other gear (my art supplies lol!). Now we park at the bottom and walk up.

The first face is the man behind the bar in the tapas place. I have to say the food was great!

This next face is my beautiful sister-in-law I have known her from when she was just 13 when her and my brother first met. They got married when she was 18 and he was 21 and are still together 33 years later. I love her like a sister, she's the best :-)

Still travelling

Still on the road, travelling. The car broke down yesterday which meant a four hour delay which included three hours wait for the Spanish lunch hour to finish! Pictures are:-

my brother
mum
man in a French bar

Off on travels

A very quick iPhone sketch while waiting for the cross-channel ferry - random man in the café - he looked like he'd had a whole lifetime of misery! Looks like it will be quite rough so I'm off to lie in my bunk very soon. Looking forward to waking up in France in the morning

29 Faces - Day 5

A lovely day out with my oldest daughter today, headed off to a picturesque little town which also happened to have both a yarn shop and an art gallery. Bought yarn, enjoyed looking at the art. Had coffee in a ye olde worlde coffee shop.

So today's face has to be my oldest daughter :-)

29 Faces - Days 3 and 4

3rd Feb - A long day with a 3:50am start, a 7 hour ferry journey and an 8 hour drive - arriving at my parent's house at just before 9pm. I am not a good sailor and just have to sit when i'm on board so finding a subject for todays face was a little tricky. Anyway I spotted a poster for a local jewelry company and had a go at drawing the model on there. I have a lot of issues with it but it will have to do for today!

4th Feb - A nice lie in then off to the local mall to get some bits and pieces. wow, so many people, so many cars! I always get culture shock when I leave the peace and quiet of my little island. My youngest daughter Kat came round this afternoon. I love her so much - always laughing, always smiling - she cheers my heart no end :-)

As always I have issues with the sketch - man, why is it so hard to get eyes and spectacles to look right! More practice needed obviously!

29 Faces - Day 2

Found this fabulous mini article online today on the Artist and Illustrators website - a UK magazine that I buy sometimes - usually when i'm on the mainland and have access to shops! I just don't find it as satisfying to read this type of magazine on my iPad or iPhone.

Very relevant to the 29 Faces challenge that i'm participating in this month :-)

Artists and Illustrators Magazine - how to article - close up study of face

This small tutorial found on crftsy.com looks like it will come in usefull as well:-

Drawing a head

And so on to todays face - the man i'm married to - watching football on the internet (and not swearing at this point as the connection has been rubbish all day with a complete two hour outage this afternoon. P.S. He says it is very unflattering and told me i'd drawn in too much hair to start with so I rubbed some out :-)

29 Faces - Day 1

After finishing the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge I didn't think i'd participate in another challenge just yet but found out, via two different sources about the 29 Faces running during February. Can't guarantee i'll do all 29 but have made a brief start...

All my art supplies are packed for the trip to Spain now. Just have to get off the island on Wednesday - i'm currently sitting typing this while the wind is blowing a hoolie outside - gusting up to 71mph so far. I'm amazed I still have electric and internet! :-) The official name of this current storm is Henry - which is kind of weird as my face for today is Harry, whose official name is Henry. 

"Harry"