During lockdown I haven’t been able to people-watch and hence, people-sketch… but the shapes of plants on my balcony are almost as interesting!
nature sketching
Courtyard plants in Oaxaca
Botanical, Mexico, SketchDuring a recent visit to Oaxaca I sketched these plants in the courtyard of the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO). It’s a beautiful space where people were working and reading… a couple of sketching tourists fit right in.
A walk in the woods
Botanical, Britain, SketchSome sketches from the Forest of Dean. Perhaps I’m the only one this fascinated by the curve of the fallen tree trunk.
An interesting fallen trunk
…this is what it looked like in real life.
And a close-up!
Malanga Illustrations 