Day seventy-two of The 100 Day Project for 2021.
Yesterday's subject was, if I remember correctly, a leaving gift - along with other Union flag-themed items - from my friends, Debbie and Tanya, on leaving the UK in 2002. They were intended as a reminder of my time here from 1999.
This particular item proved convenient when I was not able to carry a full-blown wallet. Specifically: on numerous occasions when out dancing with a smaller than usual bag and no pockets.
The purse was a compliment to the custom-made, detachable velcro pockets made for me by my Mum, designed to attach to my trousers-worn-under-skirts for holding my ID and cards and coins. She came up with that solution when I was 18, as an attempt to stop my ankles from being bruised by me putting notes and coins in my socks and then dancing furiously for three to five hours a night.
This purse currently holds a collection of foreign coinage. Previously, that collection was kept in a smaller, holographic one when not used out and about. Before that, I kept plastic spiders in it. Because, of course.
I feel like I conveyed some of the variations in the slope of the purse in the sketch. But it would, undoubtedly, have benefited from colour pencils to carry off the shading. Similarly, I tried to convey some of the "shine" on the purse, but it's a bit meh.
As usual, I sketched this with a 4H pencil. Then I overdrew it with a mixture of 6B, 4B, 2B, HB and 2H pencils.