Lisu Lodge, Mae Taeng – Balcony Sketch

In Thailand we were lucky enough to spend a few nights in an amazing hill tribe village. The buildings were to all appearances very traditional, but also very comfortable and not at all lacking in mod-cons, so perhaps they were more “traditional” than traditional.

Anyway, the bamboo building we were staying in had a large balcony, and this sketch attempts to capture the feeling of that space. If you are thinking that the view looks rather black, it might help to know that I was thoroughly soaked whilst drawing this picture as a large storm broke as I was halfway through sketching the scene. Fortunately I was drawing on a (moderately) waterproof iPad, rather than the more traditional cartridge paper – otherwise I suppose there would be no surviving sketch!