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I love when it is raining in Edinburgh. Especially on a Monday morning. I get a coffee and plan the week ahead while watching people rushing to work. Most of them is triple unhappy - because they had to wake up early, because it is Monday and because it is raining. 

ages ago

I found some sketches in my moleskine that I've never posted for some reasons.
Our friend Amelia during one of our very long board game sessions. I know that Amelia is a regular visitor to this blog but she never leaves any trace. Perhaps she will leave a comment this time...

A beautiful, dark and rainy Monday morning in a coffee shop...

Our friend Basia one day before she left Edinburgh.

One of the very rare occasions, when there was no traffic on Lothian Road and I could stand there and make a sketch. A peculiar event to watch too.  .  

A couple I saw in a coffee shop and absolutely loved the way they looked. 

I feel like making more sketches of people again.

morning coffee with red

Still struggling.

morning cappuccino with hands

I've never learnt properly how to draw hands. Always been rather scared by the vision of drawing them and quite often left people on my sketches hand-less which was a bit creepy. So now I am going to draw more hands every now and then (partly because of the project I am planning to work on soon). The drawings are ugly and awkward at the moment but hope to get better soon. Wearing funky nail polish does help though!

kasia is happy

had a very nice and very lazy week and managed to recover a bit after the degree show. No bears, moles or foxes, however I couldn't help drawing this beautiful whippet hound when he came for a coffee to my favourite French cafe. What a nice morning I had! Also I went rollerskating to cramond in the afternoon, which made me even happier. Especially when a little girl said: "you did rollerskate real good!".

a sketch i made ages ago

It has been rather busy recently and I am afraid it is going to be like that for the next few weeks. That is why I don't have time for morning sketching sessions in cafes and for blogging. Which is sad.

monday morning americano with a stylish man

I am about three monday morning sketches behind so I will have to catch up. This one is from 31 May and it was when I learnt that americano coffee tasted better from a take away cup or a mug than from a real cup.

Muszę trochę nadgonic, bo jestem ze trzy poranne poniedziałkowe do tyłu. Przy okazji tego doszłam do wniosku, że kawa americano jest najlepsza w papierowym kubku, a nie jakieś tam europejskie snobizmy filiżankowe. A zawsze myślałam, że picie kawy z papierowgo kubka to profanacja (kolejny dowód na to, że już za długo przebywamy w tym kraju).

last wednesday's morning capuccino in

monday morning in

monday morning in

Monday morning cappucino in. Finally.