One Sketch #154) 1908 London Electrobus

No noise
No smoke
No fumes
No mess.
What else?
No chance.

Just started reading a very interesting book about the London Electrobus fraud of the early 20th century - did not even know that my home town ever had electric buses, let alone before the First World War.

One Sketch #153) Madrid 'Titchy ' Bus

First time I saw it
I questioned my eyes
- It's still a great bus
Never mind the size

This is based on a photo I took in Madrid. I was bowled over by these little buses. They're like a ormal bus where they've cut out the middle section of it, and welded the two ends back together. In my head I christened them - El Titchibus. Great for crowded city streets, though.

One Sketch #152) Construction worker eating lunch

I may be wrong
But I think I have a hunch
Why none of my friends
Ever joins me for lunch.

This was another prompt from Sketching Every Day - building and construction. It's based on a photo reference , and I think that's probably the Empire State Building that he's building.

One Sketch #151) Wednesday 22nd August Alicante Airport Departure Lounge

A metaphor for life,
If you like
We all wait and wait
Hoping to fly.

I did actually make a sketch of Alicante airport when I flew home from Spain last year, and I'm a lot happier with this one. In particular I got really interested in he lady on the left of the foreground, who was desperately searching through her luggage for something. From my vantage point the guy sitting next to her didn't look like a lot of help.

Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

One Sketch #150) Tuesday 21st August El Mixto Restaurant

Chinese, Japanese
Or Espanol?
Ah, the agony
Of Choice

Yes, we were faced with the agony of choice in a restaurant with three separate printed menus - Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. It was literally in the shadow of the hospital. The occasion? John was allowed out of hospital. Hooray!

One Sketch #148) Monday 20th August - Ambulance

Carry me to safety
Carry me from strife
Carry me to hospital
Carry me to life.

The burden of visiting John, and trying to find out what was happening, and when he would be allowed to come home was telling again today. A long story, but basically through a mistake they failed to carry out a long standing procedure - not dangerous but very frustrating. This was parked outside the front of the hospital.

One Sketch #147) Sunday 19th August - San Isidro after Matuesz Urbanowicz

This is not a jokio
When I tell you folkio
That downtown San Isidro
Just doesn't look like Tokyo

I think that I've mentioned the Facebook group Sketching Every Day before now. Well, their prompt for this particular Sunday was to make a sketch in the style of artist and illustrator Mateusz Urbanowicz. He's an artist and illustrator who works and lives in Tokyo, and I really like his work. However, I was staying in San Isidro when I made this sketch, and however you look at it, San Isidro is never going to look like Tokyo. So I said the Japanese characters which - I think - say San Isidro and my name.