I'm Back!

I had the most wonderful break with my friend Joannie, we chatted, lunched on the deck over the lake, ate dinner on the patio with the sea just infront of us, walked a little, talked alot, drank wine by candlelight, paddled in the sea, dipped our toes in the lake and even managed to find time to sketch! I will upload my efforts as soon as they are scanned.

For now, I give you my last sketch session from Tesco supermarket cafe, created, rather quickly, over a latte before beginning my weekly shop.

Tesco Cafe

It's been ages since I took a coffee and a sketch in the Tesco cafe before doing my weekly grocery shop, it's satisfying to fill another page in this little watercolour moleskine.

Tesco Cafe

Two recent shopping trips with a stop in the supermarket cafe for a quick latte and a sketch.

Tesco Cafe

Two recent trips to my local Tesco supermarket for the weekly grocery shop. Having a latte with my sketchbook in their cafe before I start my shop makes the whole process so much more enjoyable.



You can view all of the images in my 'Tesco' Moley (small watercolour Moleskine sketchbook) so far in my Flickr set HERE.

Tesco Cafe

A slice of carrot cake and a latte in Tesco cafe with my small watercolour Moleskine

Tesco Cafe

After sketching at Whittlesey Road yesterday, I pulled into Tesco to collect a few groceries and grabbed a latte in the cafe, the perfect chance for a bit more people sketching.

Tesco Cafe

My most recent visits to Tesco. I take along a dedicated small watercolour moleskine journal and sketch my way through a latte before going about my grocery shop.

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Tesco Cafe

This weeks visit to the supermarket cafe before shopping.
There was a slight improvement with the coffee, I ordered cappuccino instead of latte and it tasted a little better, not sure if this is improvement was because they have their machine sorted or due to the change in my order?

Tesco Cafe

My first visit to the new Tesco cafe was rather disappointing on the coffee front and I'm afraid to say my return visit this week was not much better, the coffee was awful.

This is going to be a huge obstacle for the regular pre-shopping cafe sketches I had planned but one I am hoping to overcome as the little snippets of practice it offers during an otherwise tedious task are priceless.
I lunched in the cafe with my youngest, Harry, this week and managed to grab a quick contour sketch before tackling the madness in store.

*Happy Anniversary Mum & Dad x

Grand Opening

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You may remember my disappointment back in May when our local supermarket cafe was shut down for renovation. Well today the new improved version of Tesco opened complete with cafe and I went down with a brand new watercolour moleskine to mark the occasion.

The newly vamped store was a little disappointing and the cafe is smaller now than it was before but it is on an upper level which offers an unusual perspective for my pre-shopping sketch sessions.

My main concern is that the latte was awful...I hope that's improved upon before my next visit.