Girl on the train - Pen Sketch

Girl on the train
Pen sketch

This is a simple pen sketch done on the train coming home from work - it was late and she had all the attitude in the world.
She chewed on a piece of gum all the way home, every now and then she'd blow a gum bubble - she's good at it.

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The sleeping coach

The sleeping coach

Felt tipped pen on paper

As I've mentioned before, there are three main things people do on the train; sleep, read and text.

These two were complete strangers in that they did not know each other, and yet they were a perfect match in habit - within minutes of sitting down both their heads were nodding and snoring in unison.

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Sleeper on the train - pen sketch

Sleeper - Pen sketch
felt tipped pen on paper

As I've mentioned before; sleeping is one of the most favored pastimes on the train, especially on a winter's evening. What's nice about the sleepers is that they sit still for longer than 5 minutes.... well mostly.

This was a typical evening on the train, it was late (about 6:30pm) and the end of a long day at the office. I felt the same way, I wanted to snuggle in and sleep, but I have a fear of waking up in the train terminal in the middle of the night with no way of getting home, or worst waking up with drool dripping from your chin and three strangers staring at you...

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Sketch book - Matroosberg

We've got a little cottage out in the mountains and we don't go there often enough... I digress; this sketch was done on a trip out there late last year.
I had my box with me and I had the intention of painting, but it was too windy - the easel would have blown away! Instead I huddled up and did this sketch and took a few pictures with my cellphone to get an idea of the colours.

Back at home I did a painting of the scene - I'll post that soon, in the meantime here's the page from my sketch book:

Matroosberg cottages - 2008
Felt tipped pen on Paper