Drawing Tuesday - Bags, purses, bins

My chosen bin, the recycling, was full of signs of The Good Life (empty bottles, ice cream container, drink cans) but the body of the bin had one of those basketry textures that take forever to do. So I amused myself by trying to figure out where the invisible parts of the recycling were - an exercise that helped with making the basket a better size and proportion -

Then it was time to tackle the basketry -

Even at the time I knew the drawing needed more contrast.


From Janet B:  My name is Janet and I’m a sacophilic. So,  worried that I would be spoiled for choice, I grabbed the first four bags I found: three shoulder bags that were hanging on a wardrobe door and a large knitting bag. I propped them up against a filing cabinet in my sewing room and then  had a very relaxing morning. No warm up, just straight in with a 2B and four Derwent Procolours. 

From Sue:  Here’s my baggage off-load! 

Had 30 mins left over, so added this interesting handbag - a present from a friend some years back. Recently spotted it in an Eastern shop locally -Now costs over £50!!

From Jackie:  This bag has been sitting lifelessly ever since my birthday...March 23rd lockdown day 1. I thought it looked rather deflated and decided to give it a purpose!

From Hazel:  I chose this bag to draw as I love the colours, patterns, textures and decorations. A real feast for the eyes. I drew it with inks and coloured pencils.

From Richard:   I drew my satchel - with Derwent colour sticks to avoid being too tight. I should have drawn it larger to make that work better.

Then my study waste bin with aquarelles - galvanised steel has such a lovely crystalline pattern. 

From Janet K:  Two bags in my collection. Kermit is from a Muppet friend - the bag has many more frogs on it - didn't draw them all. The woven bag is made in Zimbabwe. A gift from a friend who was living there, her husband worked for Save the Children at the time.

From Najlaa: This is from a hand bags book, I have it for long time.

From Carol:  Italian bag on an Ikea chair – happy memories of laughing with an American lady in a lovely bag shop in Venice and wondering if we could get away with buying several bags on our husbands credit cards (I should have brought more).  I wonder where she is now!

From Joyce:  Here’s my bag a favourite but no particular story. Watercolour with a little pen and ink.

From Judith: Fell off the bottom once again!

From Mags:  Didn't realise I had quite so many bags on the back of the door...

From Jo:  "I doodled as I didn't feel terribly inspired, except by the Saga of Lost Laundry, although 'Saga' is is hardly accurae: they went to the laundry; it closed; the end."

Two bag-washes suspended in time and space -
somewhere between Aldeburgh and Colchester
... not to mention the dry cleaning ...
and a Welsh tapestry blanket....

Top: from the box-room.
Below: Japanese frog-mouth purse. The original has the frogs printed
all over it. No designer named.

Bags for Life (a bit discontented)