Drawing on envelopes – 8 weeks to go (and other travel drawing)

This weeks drawing on an envelope (in the countdown to our holiday to London) is a squirrel. The previous three weeks envelopes (on my blog) have had iconic scenes and buildings in London drawn on them.



This week is more “up close and personal” – a squirrel. It is drawn from a photograph I took in the UK in 1994! I know that they are pests in the UK and do terrible damage to the environment and other animals , but I still think they have so much character and look so cute . My travelling companion has been to London previously, but did not see a squirrel. I saw lots when I lived there, but I am still fascinated by them.

 I drew this on a heavier thickness of envelope, and one that is cream/yellow in colour. The watercolour pencils worked really well on this paper. I could have  sat and sketched on envelopes all day after I did this one. It worked out just how I wanted it to !That is a good feeling

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 my travel sketch this week is my NEW suitcase . It is actually secondhand. The suitcase has a few too many pockets for my needs, but that’s ok .

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in it I found a  EURO coin .A good sign for my 5 days in Barcelona ! Today’s Everyday in May challenge was “draw something you got for free” , and my coin fits perfectly to that theme.


4 thoughts on “Drawing on envelopes – 8 weeks to go (and other travel drawing)”

  3. meegan

    Finally made it to your blog – well done!! Love the squirrel, so cute and how its looking right at you. Are you going to have a page of just your envelopes?

  4. Alissa Duke

    Thanks for visiting Meegan. Great idea to include previous envelope images in my current one. This blogging concept is new to me and I welcome any feedback !

    You will have to wait a few days though… I have just posted the latest envelope and have to wait til it arrives until I can put it online!

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