I always find using a sketchbook intimidating. This probably goes back to when I was at junior school and no matter how much I wanted to keep my new notebook neat I always messed it up! The brand new sketchbook is so pristine and then you do something awful on the first sketch tra-laaa! So what I like doing is making a number of sections which I can fill, censor, sell off en route and finally bind them into a book. Most sketchbooks seems to be about A5 landscape or portrait. I like square … [Read more...]
Urban Sketching – the Phenomenon
I first heard of Urban Sketching a year ago, but was too busy to go there! This year I am going to have a bash at it. Urban Sketching is world-wide and the idea is to re-connect artists to drawing from life rather than from photos or other people's drawings. This is from the Urban Sketcher's London Blog: Urban Sketchers is a network of artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel to. Our mission is to "Show the World, One Drawing at a Time." Visit our main blog for … [Read more...]