Work and Progress

We spent two weeks in Thailand at the end of December. We were all excited and ready to explore Asia. I enjoy traveling mostly because it gives me the freedom to draw for several hours a day.

This was the view from the hotel room the first week in Thailand. The people in Thailand were so amazingly hospitable.

The “Tuktuk “is a Tricycle Taxi you see in the movies shot in Thailand or India. The drivers are very aggressive in getting foreigners to take a ride and drive really crazy. My son hounded me for  a ride on one but was able to break a deal with him and got him a toy version instead.

Emilio has developed the habit of working in sketchbooks.

Lunch for 4 costs about 200 bat, which ends up being like $6 American.

I love spending time in cafe’s when we travel. We revisited this spot several times they made a good cappuccino for about 35 bat ($1).

Hataya took lots of sound and video footage of Bangkok.

We had the good fortune of traveling outside of Bangkok to different provinces.  Ayutthaya was the Hataya’s Fathers birthplace.

When I’m sketching outdoors on site I draw quickly because people usually don’t like to be drawn or you just don’t stay in one spot to long. So I draw and make the rest up later.

Another approach I have been taking with my sketch work is drawing from video footage.

TOKYO IN THREE DAYS

In Tokyo we stayed with a family friend. Betty (family friend) has two beautiful family cats who were very wary of me in the morning while I drank coffee. One perched herself atop a shelf in the kitchen and just stared. I took advantage.

She also had fish.

I don’t even go to Starbucks in the States but somehow I ended up in one on another continent.