Scottish Dessert – pencil with some ink in a Watercolour Moleskine
My entry for July’s Theme Challenge which is “Desserts”. Why not give this a go? Just submit a piece of artwork based on this theme and tag it as shown below. We are also looking for more ideas for themes and urge everyone to post theirs in the Forums section “MONTHLY THEME CHALLENGE”.
The late Sir Harry Lauder often humoured the Scots whisky culture in songs such as “I belong to Glasgow” (When I get a couple of drinks on a Saturday, Glasgow belongs to me). No one is laughing now. Many of my countrymen consume far too much alcohol and this is becoming known as a “Scottish Disease”. On average Scots drink almost ten litres of alcohol annually which means some are consuming a hell of a lot more than this considering some of us, like me, rarely drink. Scotland is eighth in the world drinking league. If my coarse attempt at humour draws attention to this then the monthly theme has had another use.
Nick Powell 2:14 pm on July 5, 2009 | #
First off the blocks again and with a subject close to your heart and heritage.
Are you using the A3 watercolour molys yet Bob Just ordered one from Amazon £20!
Sophie Brown 2:45 pm on July 5, 2009 | #
I saw those advertised and they seemed a little too good to be true–very exciting. I would never spend that much on a sketchbook because they are generally not very expensive (I just buy black so it’s like they match with my skines SORT OF anyway). Bob these bottles are pretty good. I bet it would be hard but worth doing to go to a bar and draw the bottles and the mirror and cash register. I don’t drink at all hardly but the bottles in bars are a continual source of fascination to me.
trebor61 6:22 am on July 6, 2009 | #
Hi Nick. Sorry to take so long to reply but the site went off line last night and I only noticed it back a wee while ago. I hope the Monthly Challenge takes off. Thanks for advertising July’s theme. My reason for being so quick, this month, is to slip in a wee bit of publicity. The sketch in this post is on a regular watercolour Moleskine but I’ve been using the A4 size for some of my more recent ones. I’m playing about with an A4 sketchbook and a A4 watercolour book. I’ve always liked to use as big a canvas as possible – just habit. The A3 sounds intriguing. I’ve noticed, however, that the paper – even on the small regular books, tends to cockle when wet and this gets worse as the size increases. I tend to paint wet into wet a lot and this can be frustrating. Boulgakow suggested taping the edges of the paper and this works to a certain extent but the paper still shifts. I might, however, try a A3 book as I’m always a sucker for new stuff. An A3 painting would not fit my scanner but I suppose a photograph might do just as well. I’ll drop a few hints since its my birthday on the 17th. In the meantime, please let me know how you find the large size.
Hi Sophie. This looks like a challenge I might respond to. I had a great time figuring out how to draw the glass bottles but to show them reflected in a mirror as well sounds quite a task. I just might give this a go. Why don’t you offer some ideas for the Monthly theme? I know you have difficulty sending in your own posts but this shouldn’t deter you from getting involved in the Forums section. Your contribution, I’m sure, would be most welcome