Sketches & Stories
This sketch was created on September 18 at JAH BAR Café in Dee Why Beach, Sydney, Australia.
We had a lovely lunch with my little angel and our puppy, Leo,
on a beautiful day.
The view of the ocean was stunning, but what truly captured
my attention was the polite smile and charming hat of our waiter.
I remember that my water brush was leaking and making a mess
on my sketchbook, but it didn’t matter.
In that moment, I was so absorbed in the joy of drawing
that I couldn’t bring myself to stop!
Fari
Wednesday 30 Aug 2023
Sydney Australia
My muse for this sketch is my beautiful daughter.
I’m blessed with kind, caring, supportive children!
They pose for me patiently and let me draw them when they have time.
I’m fascinated with my daughter’s hands from the moment she born!
She has a long fingers and she constantly moves them around when expressing her opinion!
I love her so much.
In this sketch I tried to keep my drawing and colour palette as simple as possible so I could be quick.
I used my Schmincke Horadam watercolour, and Da Vinci Casaneo syntactic brushes.
Fari
Thursday 18 May 2023
Sydney Australia
As I sit on the train, my attention is drawn to the woman in front of me. I’m fascinated by her skin tone, hair texture, and the way she’s seated. She appears to be on her way to work or an appointment.
Her gaze seems focused on something beyond the train windows, as she shifts her head to follow it, then quickly returns to her original position. I know I won’t be able to capture her facial proportions accurately.
I start a sketch, aware that she could get off the train at any moment. I try to be as quick and unobtrusive as possible.
It’s amazing how the human brain works. As I sketch quietly, my mind is filled with a cacophony of thoughts—memories from the past, worries about the present, to-do lists, tasks, and, above all, thoughts of my children.
And yet, in the midst of this mental chaos, when I pick up my paintbrush, a quick glance at my little watercolor box fills my heart with joy. It’s a quiet, overwhelming joy—a symphony that drowns out the noise of anxiety and transforms it into a soft, mysterious whisper.
As I work with Madder Lake Red, Indigo, and Yellow Ochre, pressing my water brush between my fingers, my worries begin to fade. I wonder: what if I could live my life as an artist?
How happy I would be if I had a few hours each day to paint in natural daylight, when the colors are vibrant, and the sky is bright—without worrying about the fading light, the wrong color choice, or disturbing anyone else.
Fari
Friday, 26 May 2023
Sydney, Australia
