Michael Nobbs

Out of sorts

A photograph of an open homemade pocket sketchbook resting on a larger red and white patterned sketchbook at the edge of a tea tray. The sketchbook contains a black ink drawing of a teapot, mug and milk jug, with little hens on a blue background. Handwritten notes reflect on the clocks going back, an extra-long night and feeling “out of sorts”, alongside a reminder to enjoy the cosiness of dark mornings. Beyond the drawing, the objects that inspired it sit on a blue hen-patterned tray cloth: a green teapot, an earthenware mug containing tea and a white milk jug holding a spoon. Several pens and pencils lie between them and the sketchbook, with a small reading light illuminating the scene. The sketchbook and tray are lying on a grey, red and cream duvet cover.

3.45 am

The clocks have gone back an hour for the winter. This is an extra long night (but I’m reminding myself that I enjoy the cosiness of the dark mornings).

A photograph of an open homemade pocket sketchbook resting on a larger red and white patterned sketchbook. A black ink drawing stretches across both pages, showing a teapot on the left, a tall mug in the centre and a milk jug and spoon on the right, surrounded by little hens against a blue background. Handwritten text reads: “3:45 GMT. The clocks have gone back an hour for the winter. This is an extra long night.” On the opposite page, green lettering reads “Out of sorts”, followed by “(but reminding myself that I enjoy the cosiness of the dark mornings)”. The date, 25/10/26, appears on the right. Pens and pencils lie on the blue hen-patterned tray cloth above the sketchbook, the spout of a green teapot just visible in the upper left corner.

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