Anzac Day is Australia’s national war memorial day… One day I would like to get up for the dawn service..but it ain’t going happen if I stay up late sketching! So when I saw in our local paper what was planned at a park in my suburb(in Sydney), I decided on a little adventure after...
CONTINUE READINGJust back from my 2.5 days holiday which was wonderful! It was a non stop sketchcrawl. So be prepared for a lot of sketches to scroll through! THURSDAY AFTERNOON Here is the first one… I don’t think I need to say anything about this! Begone Beautys. Thought I better visit the most famous spot before...
CONTINUE READINGThis morning I went to a wedding service. I sketched in the church while waiting and then did the ‘outfits’ sketches when I got home from a photo (drew these more as a record of the outfits than as a portrait) In the afternoon I went shopping – which means I get a chance to...
CONTINUE READINGA fun page… I am determined to do something about this drawing people fear of mine! Part of my problem is that I have been drawing pea-headed blobs as people for YEARS at work in my architectural sketches. Also, having a separate sketchbook for people has not really worked as it is admitting defeat…that they...
CONTINUE READINGSATURDAY NIGHT – LATE: I rarely give up on a drawing late at night…. But tonight I am just WAY too tired to finish this one…so here is a work in progress of another Venetian palace. Notice how I am not particularly systematic as I build up the sketch…especially when tired! I have...
CONTINUE READINGOh! I just love doing sketches of Italian high renaissance or baroque architecture – pity I am doing these from photos….. (so much for not feeling like doing anything tonight…now I have to force myself to go to bed and get some sleep!!!)
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