Some more window shopping travel sketches from my new sketchbook.
Souvenir shop window in the old town of Edinburgh.
A cake shop display near Haymarket. Damn, I want that cake!
Author: Mel
I'm a painter, curious student of life and traveler.
Window Shopping in Edinburgh
Went on a stop over to Edinburgh last month. I enjoyed the city just as much as the first time I was there for a long weekend. And it seems I spent too much time drawing foxes the last month, as I started to see them everywhere.
I took the opportunity to stock up on sketchbooks and pens, as those things are rather pricey in Iceland. And of course I had to use them right away.
Feeling Dizzy
Another Inktober leftover.
I’ve been slow with updates and responding to comments, as I was on an almost 3 week long pre-Christmas break. It was good to leave the island for a little while and to get some winter sun and good food.
Not sure what Mr Fox drank that night, but it certainly made him dizzy.
Mr Snowman is not amused.
Winter is here and a storm warning is on for tomorrow. I think this will be my Christmas card for this year. What do you think?
Inktober 2019 Day 31 – Ripe
Last but not least. Almost forgot to post this one, the last of the inktober prompts.
Happy first advent everyone!
Trying to catch Mr Mouse turned out to be too exhausting. Therefore little Mr Fox stuffed his face with ripe grapes instead.
Inktober – Catch me if you can!
Little fox was still hungry after he caught the fish. So he started chasing after a mouse he saw passing by.
Inktober 2019 Day 30 – Catch
I´m aware that Inktober finished a while ago, and I also finally managed to finish the last drawing. All my plans of keeping up with drawing daily got interrupted by visitors and spontaneous out of town adventures. But I am not really complaining about it, as it was a lot of fun too.
I really enjoyed the prompt list this year, and I am always curious and excited to see the differences of my drawings between the last years.
Inktober 2017 got me back into drawing, and it was a real struggle in the beginning.
2018 I had a lot of fun with different characters and surrealistic scenes.
This year I wanted to learn how to stick to a character, which eventually developed into little Mr. Fox. What could his first name be? Maybe Emil?
I also started to work on illustrating a children´s book. And this was supposed to be some kind of practice for it. I feel I should also make a story out of the little fox.
Hope you had fun with him too!
He didn´t know where the fish came from. But he tried to catch it anyway.
Inktober 2019 Day 29 – Injured
Little fox had a mishap…
Inktober 2019 Day 28 – Ride
Away we go…
Inktober 2019 Day 27 – Coat
Time for a new winter coat?
Inktober 2019 Day 26 – Dark
When you feel like the night has eyes. Actually I love how this one turned out. I was not really excited in the beginning but decided to go with the idea anyway. Now I am happy I did.
Inktober 2019 Day 25 – Tasty
Hungry fox…
Inktober 2019 Day 23 – Ancient
I of course thought about the Acropolis when I heard ancient. I miss Greece, the culture and history all around. Iceland is rather poor in that respect.
Edit: I added some clouds to the drawing. Felt it looked a bit empty in the upper part.
Inktober 2019 Day 22 – Ghost
Will he catch him or will he not?
Inktober 2019 Day 24 – Dizzy
Went to revisit the little fox from day 2 of Inktober. He inspected the mushrooms too closely it seems.
Inktober 2019 Day 21 – Treasure
Books! A real treasure. I keep accumulating books but I cannot keep up with the reading. So my resolution is, to use the winter months to catch up with it! What about you?
Inktober 2019 Day 20 – Tread
I couldn´t really think of anything for this prompt, so I made the little fox cross a creek on his adventure to… the unknown.
Inktober 2019 Day 19 – Sling
What is better than to hang upside down in the air?
Inktober 2019 Day 18 – Misfit
Does the shoe fit?
Inktober 2019 Day 17 – Ornament
Make me pretty! Little fox is preparing for Halloween.
Melanie Franz 