Edinburgh Trip

Went up to Edinburgh for the long weekend. It was a nice break from the Soho area in London. Wish it was warmer though, can not believe it is May and it was 3C outside in the evening there. I didn't bring enough warm clothes, had to wear my PJs underneath and everything else I had on top of that. These are few of the sketches from the bunch I did.

I think the water in London are not very watercolour friendly. It's very hard to paint for some reason, the water doesn't seem to stay on the paper, it was never like that in Vancouver :(


Went to the Sandy Bells pub :) It was really an extraordinary experience. Local musicians would spend their Sunday afternoon there performing some folk music. It's like the Sketchcrawl for us people :) But what I found fascinating was somehow those local musicians sat around together with different instruments and manage to play together in perfect harmony without even knowing each other.




On the train back to London, Alper got a new phone on the last day, he could not wait to get to London to play with his stupid new toy :P

gbk Soho

Went to Gourmet Burger Kitchen today for lunch with some colleagues. These are the people sat at the table near us. I have to say... I really really love Asian food, I really do. I really can't do burgers for more than once every... 2 months probably. I think gbk is probably one of the decent burger places around but really, It's just too dry and greasy for me. It made me feel kinda sick and gross for the whole afternoon though I only just ate 1/3 of mine :( It's like McDonald's, once in a while I'll crave for it and as soon as I take my first bite I feel like I don't ever wanna eat it again.



This is the new Japanese album Moleskine I bought for a new project. I only just started 2 days ago, the unfolded page is like couple of meters long so I think it's gonna take me awhile to finish (hopefully within 2 months) And then I'll upload a video of the images :) It's gonna be fun, can't wait to get it all done!! ^_^

Sketches

Today I have arranged my desk so now I'll be able to easily scan my stuff and update them more frequently.

This is Ben, I sit next to him at work.


Went to this French Restaurant in Soho the other day with some friends. Drew this while waiting everyone to arrive. Food was brilliant!


These are some quick sketches I did on the tube. Had to do them really quickly so they don't notice that I'm staring at them like a freak :P


Went to Greenwich park with Alper yesterday. It was very sunny and warm.

Sunday

David came to stay with us for the weekend from Geneva, we had a very busy Sat with a lot of other friends so Sunday we just stayed at home for the evening.

On the bus home...


It just happens I drew them both on the same page, they are not really touching each other or anything :P

Updates

It's been couple of months. I haven't been updating, in fact I haven't been drawing much. Life got quite busy for the past 3-4 months. I was traveling for quite a bit towards the beginning of this year but everything happened so fast I barely had time to sketch. And then I moved to London 2 months ago for a new job :) Life only got busier after that... Finally I got my internet working at home and a few spare moments to upload some of these sketches I did over the past few months. Looking at them I realize I need to sketch more :(

This is a sketch I did on the plane flying to China last Dec


This is a sketch I wish I had finished. The view from the window of my home in Beijing, we live on 18th floor, this is one side of the street, I kinda miss it only wish I remember what's on the other side of that street :(


I was sick the first month I arrived London, this is the sketch I did when I was waiting in the medical center on a Sunday afternoon.



I did this one last night. Alper was playing Rockband on the sofa looking very serious. To be honest, I think those plastic guitar looks quite ....hm.... let's just say "funny"!

Getting my hair dyed

Feeling kinda blue these weeks... been waiting for some phonecall but it never came, so I figure I need a change in my daily routine, and it's been almost 5 months since my last haircut, so.... here is a portrait of me in the mirror at my favorite hair salon.

Alper

This is Alper, this is the 3rd time I tried to draw him.

Dr.Sketchy

I did this one last night during Dr.Sketchy. Only that when I came back home I was able to see the colour I painted cos it was very dark there I could barely tell the colour I was mixing. Just to clarify, her nipples aren't bleeding, those were the red covers she was wearing... ugh... bad painting :(

My trousers

Watercolour really does not go well with the moleskine sketchbook paper. It doesn't stick to the paper and if you put soap on it, it become like marker, colour get absorbed completely the moment they get in contact with the paper, you can not work with it or wash it off or anything! And it bleed thru badly...

Coconut water

This is the coconut water I bought from the Yoga place I usually go, never seen it in the local stores... or maybe I just wasn't looking.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is the kitchen in my house. I did this while waiting for the turkey to be cooked in the oven. I had a great thanksgiving and the turkey was fantabulous!! ^_^

QnA doodle

I did this when I was in the QnA tonight with my Mentor. It is my digital camera, I found it relaxing and easier to focus on what the mentor is talking while I was drawing :) It is exactly what I'm trying to achieve by keeping this journal, I want to draw to relax and have fun! I think I'm getting there :P

Peter Docter

I tried to sketch Pete Doc from one our Animation Mentor lecture videos... hm... I don't think any of these look like him unfortunately :(

Dr.Sketchy sketches

Here are some sketches I did during Dr.Sketchy last night. I didn't quite like how my drawings of the actual model turned out, I found that I prefer to draw people in their natural poses.


-Ink-


-charcoal-

Self portrait 04

Back to my self-portrait practice. After a long tiring day, I'm starting to get very frustrated with my drawings, as you can see from my expression, should get some sleep now...

Dinner at home tonight

These are some of the people involved in tonight's dinner at home. I wish I know how to draw faster so I can actually finish the drawing before everyone left the table :(

Angus

This is Sarah's boyfriend. I really enjoy sketching friends and seeing their reaction when they see my sketches ^_^ I hope one day I'll be able to capture every single person I know on my moleskine.

My Yoga gear

I've started Yoga lately, I bought this bag together with the mat back almost 4 years ago when I was in film school, cos I liked it is long with two straps on the side where I could roll up my life drawing pad and put it there, the yoga mat was just sitting in my closet collecting dust till 2 weeks ago I decided I should try Yoga. I'm glad this bag and the mat finally get to do what they meant to be doing.

Self portrait 03

Second attempt on my moleskine cahier. Same time, same mirror, same self with slightly sideview, looks quite different huh?!

Self portrait 02

Last night I was sitting on my bed talking on the phone, there is the long dressing mirror at the end of the bed where I can sort of see myself cos it's kinda far. I decided to start a new moleskine, this time with the moleskine cahier pocket size. The reason is I always hesitate to draw faces with ink on my sketchbook cos I don't wanna ruin the good quality pages, with this cahier journal, all the pages are just plain notebook paper, I might be able to feel more free to draw, we'll see about that. As for what's gonna be in this particular journal, I thought about only doing self-portraits but then there is a very high chance that I will get sick of my own face before halfway thru this book, so I donno yet, follow my heart...