I made this oil-bar and china-graph pencil study on handmade paper today based on a sketch made on the spot in Hanoi earlier this year. It has taken me a while to start responding to the trip as I have been completing other work. I’m beginning to turn to the Hanoi and Singapore sketches now though, and am seeing what emerges. They may become paintings or just stay as studies, I’m not sure yet. I find oil-bar quite tricky due to the drying time, and how it is very difficult to make detailed marks. All a learning curve I suppose, but I do enjoy the lush colour and texture very much.