Sketch and photo dump : self-portrait, scales, tractor and more

[nassima]

And now for the sketch dump :)

Here's the one from today, a self-portrait in an ethnic mirror.

Comments

[nassima]

Aw, thank you so much!

I really feel the same about your posts - I should definitely try to comment more! I loved the sketches of your dog, you caught his personality so well :)

Now you say it could be European, I'm wondering if the horned thing couldn't be an ibex. I know there are a lot in the Apennines and in the French/Italian Alps, so they may also live further to the east?

[leochi]

Such a lovely collection :-)) I love the drawings and the photos too - they are all so evocative and show us a glimpse of your life - but my alltime favourite are your trainers :-)))))

[nassima]

Thank you!

I love my trainers too :) They don't move while I try to draw them!

[nassima]

You know, I'm surprised that the self portrait turned out all right! I hoped that using that mirror would at least distract the viewer from the mess that my face was going to be, and finally it's at least recognisable.

Making bread is fun when you've got time! You get to play with the dough for a long time :)

I'm not really attracted to drawings of mechanical things! There are a lot of bits to put in and in the end you realise that you forgot a crucial element. When I did that painting of Sirius's motorbike long ago, I found references and asked Franck how the bits worked, and in the end I realised that I had only forgotten what holds the bike together (is that called the frame in English?).

[red_squared]

Those are very impressive "quick" sketches! And I love the detail on your shoes in the last one :)

*huggles*

[nassima]

Thank you!

I'm glad you liked :) The shoes were certainly enjoyable to draw, it felt such a relief the get the time to figure out the details after trying to get that tractor right.

[onehundredmoons]

I love the self-portrait. Gorgeous!

Did you know that in the US, it's very rare for people to own and use scales in the kitchen? I'm learning that it's common in Europe, as I read baking recipes that call for solid ingredients in measurements of grams (we use cups, which is technically a fluid measurement, so I'm guessing not quite as precise).

[nassima]

Thank you so much!

Yes, I realised people in the US use cups and teaspoons and so on when I began reading recipes online. I'm always trying to figure how many litres/millilitres a cup translates to. And I've come to understand that New Zealand cups aren't the same as US cups and all of this is so confusing!

But in the end, I realise that I have a lot of recipes that I'm so used to make that I don't weight my ingredients and just estimate the volume I need. I think that if I had to write them down, using fluid measurements would be easier!