Tonight’s sketch is a colourful number from a cafe on St Mary’s Street. I popped into ‘Circus’ for a cup of tea and sat near the rear of the bright and colourful bistro looking out over their lovely wee courtyard.
Unfortunately the sky was full of showers on the day but I imagine on another it would be a great little sun trap.
From the card I picked up on the way out I can see the cafe is full of activity; workshops, live music, art exhibitions and more. Pop in for a look and a bite to eat, and if the sun is shining I could well be sketching in the courtyard 🙂
Has anyone been to this art and crafts studio nestling off the main street in Stockbridge? I first heard about it when my sister visited last year – she found it on t’internet and took her daughter, they raved about it afterwards. They had made and decorated a lovely giraffe together.
I passed at the weekend and had a look in but they were busy with a birthday party so I sketched this outside instead. I think my two are a little young just yet but definitely one for the future – I’m hoping the mums and dads can get messy too 🙂
Click HERE for their website and next time your in Stockbridge seek them out and decorate something!
Congratulations to Natalie Kwek and her Newhaven cafe, ‘The Haven’. Recently voted ‘The Place to Eat in Edinburgh’ on Tripadvisor above many Michelin star restaurants, this cosy cafe is the perfect place for a pot of tea and a piece of home made cake, or an all day breakfast.
Have a look at this video interview from STV Edinburgh HERE, and head down there too. EdinburghSketcher has a few sketches on the wall you may recognise but the one above is of Natalie herself, from one of my many visits.
I visited Loudons today for lunch with the family, I had some yummy gluten free mushroom soup. My wife had a lovely looking eggs benedict with gammon, I’ll be back for that myself. And the twins shared a vegetable pizza slice with salad. The coffee and cake were the highlights, GF again but delicious and worth the visit alone.
My only critisism is that it would of bean nice to of had some gluten free bread to go with my gluten free soup, or some rice cakes, oatcakes etc. Definitely worth the visit though, I’ll be back again soon I hope.
Oh and the deer on our table belong to my daughter.
A successful meeting today @FoodieCo today with @malcolm_stellar. Discussing illustrations both completed and to be started. I like these kind of meetings 🙂 I was a little early and so had a few minutes to etch my surroundings, in Foodies Cafe, Holyrood.
I only had a coffee but I heard today more gluten free offerings will be available soon, cannot wait – I was starving!
This relatively new cafe between the Shore and Newhaven is fast growing a reputation for great home baking, and now has the added appeal of being the latest place to show (and sell) EdinburghSketcher prints.
The sketch is of Natalie, the owner. Say hello and be sure to head down there early to grab the comfy chairs by the fire!
No time for location sketching today, I am using my lunch hour to catch up on some work.
Instead here is a previous doodle of what todays lunch consisted of 🙂
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Tonight’s sketch is a colourful number from a cafe on St Mary’s Street. I popped into ‘Circus’ for a cup of tea and sat near the rear of the bright and colourful bistro looking out over their lovely wee courtyard.
Has anyone been to this art and crafts studio nestling off the main street in Stockbridge? I first heard about it when my sister visited last year – she found it on t’internet and took her daughter, they raved about it afterwards. They had made and decorated a lovely giraffe together.
Congratulations to Natalie Kwek and her Newhaven cafe, ‘The Haven’. Recently voted ‘The Place to Eat in Edinburgh’ on 
I visited Loudons today for lunch with the family, I had some yummy gluten free mushroom soup. My wife had a lovely looking eggs benedict with gammon, I’ll be back for that myself. And the twins shared a vegetable pizza slice with salad. The coffee and cake were the highlights, GF again but delicious and worth the visit alone.
