Sasa's Sketchbook 3

I decided to submit a painting to this year's  Summer Exhibition of Royal Academy of Arts . There is going to be several rounds of judging, so we will see... The likelihood of being selected doesn't seem too high but my main motivation was to push myself to create a new series of work. And I loved the process of it, I have so many new ideas now!

Oh, I just realized that January is almost gone without me posting anything... So here are some sketches I made in Canary Wharf two weeks ago (it was very cold day to draw outside so proud of myself). I love industrial scenes and will definitely draw there again (which should be easy since I happen to work there as well).

Drawing around Tate Modern... Left: In Members' Room;  Right: St Paul's Cathedral seen from a bench by Thames Carousel in Christmas Market in the front of Tate Modern Installation of Abraham Cruzvillegas in  Turbine Hall

I was planning to do something for the IF theme 'wet' when I remembered the strange dream I saw the night before. In the dream I had yellow light coming from a plughole of a bathroom sink and I realized I could talk to my grandmother (who passed away 20 years ago) via the hole. So I drew that instead... 

Walked along Regent's Canal last weekend, from Angel to Bethnal Green, and stopped three times to paint with watercolours. I hope nice weather continues, I would still like to do this a couple of times before winter arrives. A lock in Islington View from  a canal side cafe Towpath in Haggerston  Gas tower in Bethnal Green. Sunset.

I just realized that September is almost gone and I haven't created a single blog post. So here is a small collection of stuff I did in last 30 days. Drew St Paul's Cathedral from Tate Modern's Member's Room Went to Angel to draw Regent's Canal (this is Islington Tunnel) Tested new kind of paper Played with  textures and collage Sketched a  glass of red and a box of nail polish on radiator Studied dead sunflowers

Commuters at the Shadwell DLR station