Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A trip to Langkawi Island


I was lucky enough to go with my husband to a conference at the weekend on the beautiful island of Langkawi, in Malaysia.
I have done so little sketching and painting of late, I felt very hesitant with pen and aquabrush, but got as far as recording the view from our room on one of those Daler-Rowney watercolour postcards. I may send it to our hosts to thank them .. or try a few in colour first, perhaps.

4 comments:

Cathy Gatland said...

I'm proud of you for managing to fit some sketching into your wonderful and very full weekend - this is a really lovely sketch, the loose foreground foliage, the dark background forms and the delicate sky and distant hills make a great basis for more paintings. Your hosts would love this, if you can bear to part with it!

Vivienne said...

Thanks Cath! You have made me feel much better about it.Such a small bit of drawing in such a long time!

Gillian said...

Oh wow - this is lovely, V. You've captured this exotic place beautifully - even in black & white it looks magical. Would love to see more in colour. I agree with C - well done on getting some sketching done.

laura said...

Gorgeous scene, Vivienne! I agree with Cathy about the great way you handled the foliage ... It's so lush.
It's great in B&W, but I'd love to see it in color too!!