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watercolor sketchbook } tsunami

Listen to Kate Bush’s Love and Anger:

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watercolor sketchbook } w.i.p.

Listen to Elbow’s The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver:

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rusty notebook } afraid?

I drew this last night. I am overwhelmed. I have so many things coming up in March, I honestly don’t know how it happened. I’m getting worse and worse at visualizing my days beyond ‘tomorrow’. Even that feels abstract to me. I can only visualize ‘now’. Am I rapidly losing my braincells? Maybe, I don’t know. […]

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watercolor sketchbook } boys leave

My sister’s cat Nitfa left last night. I’ve been saying this for years: boys leave.

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watercolor sketchbook } all in the family

The Alkandari clan loves being snapped, so we’re always looking for the next great photo op. So last Thursday I took my watercolor sketchbook to our weekly family lunch. I wanted to match my girls with various relatives, whether by looks or color combos or just a certain je ne sais quoi. I wanted them […]

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watercolor sketchbook } pride, prejudice & yellow fever

I’m watching Pride & Prejudice. The one with Colin Firth, not Keira Knightley. Sigh. I want to be Lizzie.

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watercolor sketchbook } polkadot face

As long as we’re talking about my Watercolor Sketchbook, I thought I’d share some extra photos taken around my brother’s new home in Surrey.

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watercolor sketchbook } blue

You know I love to use color. This time I challenged myself to stick to blues: prussian, cobalt and ultramarine. I actually enjoyed having a limited color choice and may try this on a larger surface. Listen to Fun Boy Three Our Lips are Sealed.

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watercolor sketchbook } pretty green bullet

Listen to the White Stripes Fell in Love With a Girl:

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watercolor sketchbook } rubberband girl

Listen to Kate Bush Rubberband Girl because one thing led to another.

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