I am slowing scanning two and a half sketchbooks from my September UK holiday.

This week I am featuring some of the food and drink sketches that I did with my watercolour pencils along the way. Some are quick sketches, due to limited time, or needing to eat ! Others were slower, more considered drawings.

I also often sketched the place we were eating  in my sketchbook, providing context and a background to the story. Sometimes it was a choice of the food or the place .However, today’s blog is just about the food and drink.

Meals on the plane. Quickly decide what to sketch, as there is only a limited amount of time until the flight attendants collect it all back. With the food on the fold down table it can be a little tight on space, but that never stops me.

Sketching on the train. Mid-meal sketch. There is no need to sketch the full meal, sometimes an empty plate tells the story. At some stage, hunger takes over.

Breakfasts – most days it was cereal, but how could I resist sketching one or two of these full English breakfast meals. I often don’t complete the full circle of the plate outline. Just the hint of the plate is enough.

Dinner and lunch provide opportunities to sketch food.

We had a few special occasions too. 

and of course, a cup of tea or coffee.

I am currently planning my Spring/Summer “Travel sketching with watercolour pencil” classes in Melbourne. There will be a class for Food & Drink sketching as well, as there is so much fun to be had and experimenting to do with colour and texture.