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I thought I'd try some outdoor sketching in the park today. Both these sketches were done in deKoevend Park in Littleton, CO. This is a very pretty park, with the Highline Canal running through it, and huge cottonwoods growing along the canal.
I've been doing a lot of reading about drawing, both in pencil and pen (perhaps I should be doing more drawing than reading). I get all excited about going out and doing some "plein air" sketches, then once I get started I realize "oh yeah, that's how I draw ... not like those folks in the books ... damn."
Oh well, at least I was out there, getting my first sunburn of the year.
The first sketch was done with a black Sakura "Pigma Brush" pen, a gray Pitt brush pen, and a very fine (005) Sakura "Micron" pen. It's mostly a value study, but I definitely overworked it. I could not figure out how to render the tangle of underbrush at the middle right. The sketch took about 15 minutes.
The second drawing is of what was a very pretty scene along Big Dry Creek. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to capture the nature of the scene, which was the gracefulness of the trees bending out over the creek, and the quality of the light. This drawing was done entirely with Staedtler 0.3 pigment liner. I drew it while standing on a bridge next to the creek, and spent about 20 minutes on it.
Both drawings done in a large Moleskine sketch book.
Happy New Year, Everyone!! Blessings for 2014! This is a sketch of a found antique photo (unknown source). I like the sense of contentment from her and want to use this drawing for other, painted projects.
Small pen and ink sketch of an articulated mother of pearl fish sculpture.
This pen surprised me. It’s been sitting unused for months. I thought it would need a thorough cleaning, but when I tried it, it started right away.
Small 3x5 inch card homemade notebook, vintage Sheaffer School fountain pen, extra fine nib, with black Sheaffer ink.
View From Our Offices, West to the Rockies
I work in the Denver Tech Center. This is the view out the windows near my workspace. It's a nice view, though our area does get a bit hot in the summer afternoons due to the late afternoon sun. Our power was out for a couple of hours today, so at one point I decided to sketch the view.
Drawn with a .50mm Rapidoliner in a small Moleskine sketchbook. Drawing time about 20 minutes.
Haven't decided whether to use this as a basis for a painting. Ideally I'd keep the rough loose feel, but do it with acrylics and have vibrant colors. On the other hand, the composition just ain't that inspiring. Might leave it just as a sketch and go on to other pictures.
. . . haunted, brilliant, cunning, complex and fierce. . . to me, one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature!
Graphite in a moleskine.
I really love to draw it really relax me and enjoy it a lot.
These are my Unoas, made them just for fun but thinking about making something with them.. but what? x3
two corners that I encounter every day, when going at work in my street, and in the evening one corner of my living room dedicated to music and images.
2 coins de mon quotidien. Un angle dans ma rue, et un angle de mon salon, dédié à l'image et à la musique.
Done for the Urban Sketchers "Kitchens" weekly theme, www.flickr.com/groups/urbansketches/discuss/7215765046862...
Drawn January 28, 2015
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Feeling unwell today and not at all creative so have posted this little pencil sketch from my Moleskine done few days ago.
My morning sketch - rooster with plumes....magazine bits, oil pastels, watercolors, stamps and ink #daisyyellowcircle day 217
"Les cabanes du Salaison" is a great place to see, with about 100 little fisher's huts, with a small river flowing through it. This tongue of land is washed by the swamp of "Etang de l'Or" (Golden Swamp) and seems to float between air and water. This is one of the huts, called "la cabane trempée" (the soaked hut) in which take art exhibitions in late spring. On the left, a quick sketch of the nets for catching fykes.
Les cabanes du Salaison, près de Mauguio. Un super endroit léchée par l'étang de l'Or et traversée par le Salaison, un bout de terre comme suspendu entre terre et eau. Ici la cabane trempée, lieu d'expo artistiques pendant le printemps, et à gauche les nasses à anguilles.