In the midst of so much sadness having
these lovely silk lanterns and the beautiful lantern shop
with the bougainvillea in full blossom was a delight.

It took me forever.
Depression would pull me, sleepiness and distraction also overtaking me.

The sketch above is an ink-painting, no watercolors.
An assortment of L’Artisan Pastellier Classique inks were used.

I sketched the planters with
a Platinum Carbon Pen
with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, and
chose delightful clear watercolors to depict
the bright silks!

I went back and forth on
writing the reality of what
is going on and in the end, decided to do this as this
is my art journal, and
I will look back and see
what I was struggling with
when I chose to sketch lanterns.

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