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13 days Sketching in London 2024
I visited London in December 2024 with my family and kids. We have been there for two weeks [13 days]. I used to wake up on 5 A.M (or so), moving to the living room in the apartment with a book to read and my minimalist art bag.
My Art Bag:
A small (7in x 4.5in x 2.5in) bag, the bag is for mobile and passport, but I use it for my art. It contains:
– Sketchbook.
– Water colour metal palette with 3 brush.
– And black Pens : 0.05m, 0.3m, 0.8, and white gel pen, and mechanical pencil.

The bag/case is a mobile/Passport travel case, I use it for my art.
Metal colour palette, it comes with 14 colors, but I add the middle raw and divide the head to small squares so I can mix more colours.


Here are 13 sketches that I drew in London, all were under low-lights sitting on the couch 🛋 having my morning coffee ☕️.
More sketches in the blog.
One year back Sketch

On the 7th of May 2024, I drew this Hooded Mountain-Toucan, it is the sketch number 16 in sketchbook number 66. My first draw was in ink, then I decided to color it and so I did.
A Sketch a day _2
Here, I am posting two sketches. One, I just finished it today. It’s colored, the other one is a one year back, and it’s in black ink.

A sketch on 25th April 2025,
A penguin sketch in a black ink pen, I drwa it one year back in April 2024.

A Daily Sketch routine _2

A Daily Sketch routine, this sketchbook is for black pen sketches, but sometimes I just add some colours.
Another Daily Sketch

Sketching in low-light with black coffee, it’s 7:30 morning, in the apartment in London.
Sketch: The Shark
The Shark To keep improve my drawing skills i keep my self busy with sketching every day .. OK .. trying to stick to this challenge #asketchaday, also i keep searching the web and learning from other people. Days ago i fond an instagram account for an amazing artist with reall talent and has a beautiful style in coloring, i go though here paints and the Shark just catch my eye’s, I send her a message asking if she allow me to just try to re-drawing her work.. and she say ” YES .. “ so here she is on the Net
On Instagram .. Click Here
On Twitter .. Click Here
and this is her website: https://sophielongart.co.uk/
Back to the Shark I start with pencil, adding some marks and points, then with a 005 very fine black pen draw or say sketched the Shark .. I try to do some coloring .. so here is my draw .. and again Thanks to Sophielongart for her kind.
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Here is my sketch.. [ Click to Enlarg]

Another sketch challenge: A Fish
This week sketch challenge @1hour1sketch on Twitter is to Draw a A Fish so here is my sketch using pencil then black Pen and some watercolor, it takes around 30min [off and on]. More Sketches on my Sketch page ..
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Here is my sketch..
From my Sketch Book
I am sketching to enhance my skill, here is one of sketches from my sketchbook using pencil as a guide-line and ink-pen and water color to finish the drawing.
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::My SketchBook::
Sketch of: Geese
Using: Ink-Pen, Water Color
Date: 19/1/2017
SketchBook: SketchBook # 13
More Sketches: Click Here
Ali,
My SketchBook
I am sketching to enhance my skill, here is one of sketches from my sketchbook using pencil as a guide-line and ink-pen to finish the drawing, here i used water color.
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::My SketchBook::
Sketch of: Giraffe
Using: Ink-Pen + Watercolor
Date: 8/11/2017
SketchBook: SketchBook # 20
More Sketches: Click Here
Ali,
My Sketchbook
I am sketching to enhance my skill, here is one of sketches from my sketchbook using pencil as a guide-line and ink-pen to finish the drawing.
Click to Enlarge
::SketchBook::
Sketch of: Skull
Using: Ink-Pen + Water Color
Date: 22 / 1 / 2015
SketchBook: SketchBook # 4
More Sketches: Click Here
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