Travelling down to Lahore from Rawalpindi on my birthday, we hit a huge storm, so heavy that we had to stop on the motorway verge so we had our picnic of egg sandwiches and crisps in the car while the torrential rain and hail – yes hail in Pakistan – thundered down on the roof of the car. Just like Spring bank holiday in Britain! I scribbled fleeting impressions of the sky and land; the light changed constantly and it was a real challenge to get something down on paper. When we arrived in Lahore, the city was flooded, but that was quite good for us because it kept the temperature and the dust down.
I drew into a Khadi handmade paper sketchbook, approximately 15cms square, using artist quality Daler Rowney soft pastels……and my finger! Before I came to Pakistan, I cut up lots of squares of acid-free tissue (kite) paper to interleave between the pages as pastels are very messy and I wanted to keep the drawings clean.
This residency has been supported by Wales Arts International and Arts Council Wales.
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I love your tiny sketches.
Thanks so much 🙂
i love the colours and speed in these sketches
Thanks I had fun
I wish we let little kids do the same instead of insisting the sky was blue and the grass was green and apples were red and oranges were .. well … orange.
This is so true. The world is full of colour but few people notice.