Yesterday we spent a pleasant family morning at our local cafe and I took the opportunity to do some sketching.

Here are some quick sketches of my children and husband while they were reading and waiting for their orders. I also drew the daffodils and sugar sticks and splashed on some colour. I haven’t done any portraits in a long time and as you can see they need a bit of work!

When my order arrived, smoked salmon and cream cheese on a bagel, I couldn’t resist recording it in my sketchbook. I used my White Nights palette for this and wished I was able to mix a bit better salmon colour but pretty pleased overall how it turned out.

Pocket Moleskine Sketchbook, White Nights Watercolours, Lamy Safari F nib.