The secret of the Ankh reveals its magic to the believer. So I'm sure you've realized that I love the British Museum and I had to go back again. My first trip was too rushed and my second trip was... Continue Reading →
Sketch of the day in my art journal is the hipster king, Tiglath Pileser from the British museum collection.
Good morning. Sketch of the day in my art journal is of an ancient Egyptian Cow mummy from the British museum collection. It's quite amazing what was mummified.
Sketch of the day in my Daler Rowney art journal is of a vintage chartered bank night safe on Beach street Penang. A relic from the colonial days. It is now the Standard chartered bank. The night safe is no... Continue Reading →
Sketch of the day no 692 in my Daler Rowney art journal: vintage seal embosser and modern hole punch
Today's sketch of the day in my Daler Rowney art journal is of a Vintage seal embosser I saw at the Penang state museum from the set of British TV series Indian Summers, and a modern single hole punch I... Continue Reading →
Sketch of the day no 669 in my moleskine art journal: the hanging basket. From Istanbul to Penang. I should have named it the flying basket. It would have been more appropriate!
Sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of Alexandrian Laurel. Calophyllum inophyllum. Commonly know locally in Penang, Malaysia as Penaga laut. It is an evergreen tree that favours sandy coastal soil with white fragrant flowers that only... Continue Reading →
Sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is the Clove. The spice that was worth more than gold. Cloves originated from Moluccas, the spice islands in Indonesia. In the 16th century, the Dutch, Portugese and the Spanish fought... Continue Reading →
Sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is the forgotten spice the Nutmeg. It was one of the spices that changed the world and sparked the age of exploration. Empires fought over lands to secure the production of... Continue Reading →
