Little red chairs

One of the things that you’ll see everywhere in Vietnam is these tiny red plastic chairs and stools. Everyone having soup at breakfast time in the open air cafes is sitting on them. Look into any local cafe and you’ll see them. And we certainly sat on them for many of our lunches. I really wanted to include them in my second Hoi An sketch. Again I was sketching with friends, on some stairs near the river and around the corner from the very famous 16th century Japanese footbridge.

I decided not to draw the bridge because I loved the energy and movement under the trees at the cafe. But what I did not realize when I chose my subject was that everyone on a walking or biking tour of Hoi An stops on that corner to photograph the bridge. I spent most of my sketching time summoning up my x-ray vision to look through the crowds so that I could see the scene I was trying to sketch.

20+ Free Watercolor Workshops You Can’t Miss

Because I’ve been away, I’m a bit late in promoting a wonderful event that is going on right now. Win with Watercolor is a 6-day free online event with 20+ watercolour workshops (including mine!). I’ve already started to watch some of them, and they truly are excellent quality from some amazing teachers.

My workshop is called “Quick Figure Sketching in Watercolour“, and after you access it you can also watch the extended version of the video on my website. Click here to get all the info and sign up. It’s on until April 26. Hope to see you there!