One Sketch #156) Dali Mixture

Forgive me, but I feel
Much love for the surreal.

Oh dear, terrible verse, whose one saving feature is its brevity. Another prompt from Sketching Every Day, where we were offered surrealism. When I think of surrealism I often think of Salvador Dali. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I loved the old narcissist and all his works.

One Sketch #155) The End of the Rainbow

At the end of the rainbow
Light unravels
And drops from the skies
As music

Right, this was another prompt from Sketching Every Day. I had the idea of the rainbow arching out of the mouth of a brass instrument, like a trumpet or tuba. Then suddenly that became a saxophone, and I thought it might be more fun to go with a fictional player. Well, the only fictional saxophone player who came to mind was Zoot, from the Muppets. I'll be honest, I was never really a huge fan of the Muppets but I did think Zoot was rather cool - and many, many blokes my age liked Waldorf and Stadler, the two hecklers, and I liked them as well.

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!