People

Posted on June 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Charis Jones, Drawing, Etruria Industrial museum, Felt pens, Forge, Life, People, Sculpted Steel, SketchingLeave a comment

One thing that was missing from my drawings today were people. And the museum area and festival were crowded. I tried to rectify this by drawing a woman in front of the steam roller and a couple walking hand in hand away from me towards the forge that is on site. The blacksmith there, Charis Jones, runs a business called Sculpted Steel. I am sorry I didn’t get to see her but I spent most of my time drawing as you can see!

It was probably the biggest gathering of people I have seen for months. I wasn’t quite as nervous today, but my heart was still in my mouth!

Steam roller

Posted on June 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Sketching, Stafford, Staffordshire, steam roller, Stoke-on trent, Urban SketchersLeave a comment

I also had the opportunity to draw a steam roller that was parked up outside the museum. Felt pen drawing again. I found out they are not waterproof as a few spots of rain fell and left drip marks on the drawing! I actually saw this driving along the street on Thursday. I asked the owner and he said he had taken three hours to drive the twenty miles from Stafford. It’s certainly an impressive beast!

Urban sketching

Posted on June 4, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, corrugated iron, Drawing, Etruria Industrial museum, Felt pens, Green, Red, Rooves, Sketching, Stoke urban sketchersLeave a comment

Rooves, around the back of the Etruria Industrial Museum today. Drawn with felt pens. Took about an hour as I was trying to get the red and green moss that was growing on them. The corrugated iron or other metal was hard to capture. I tried hard to get the shading right in the bright sunshine. This was done with Stoke Urban Sketchers who met up for the day at the Industrial Museum site.

California

Posted on May 29, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, California, Californian poppies, Drawing, Felt pens, Gardening, Plants, Sketching4 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was California. I decided to draw bright orange Californian poppies, Escholtsia? Not sure of the spelling. I’ve tried to grow them a few times but not been very successful. I think they need more sunlight than we have. Anyway this image was off an old seed packet. X

Analogue and digitally manipulated

Posted on May 26, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Analogue, Digital manipulation, Drawing, Felt pens, Lines, Photodirector, Sketching, TextureLeave a comment

Using a digital filter can make a difference to an image. It somehow tidies up the image. It adds a different quality to pen lines. This was done with photodirector/effects/style, choice two. Initial drawing was brown and pale green felt pens.

Molecules

Posted on May 24, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Design, Drawing, Felt pens, Life, Lines, Pattern, Shapes, SketchingLeave a comment

Just playing with pattern and colour. I will probably do more to this digitally. It is a drawing made with felt pens. Each shape is linked, where possible with a line. The centre is more complex, then the outer lines act as barriers or walls. When I’m doing this I set myself simple rules to follow so the image doesn’t end up too chaotic.

Triangles

Posted on May 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Drawing, Enjoyment, Felt pens, Fine line pen, Life, Meditation, Pattern, recede, sketching design, trianglesLeave a comment

Draw triangles and colour them in. I started with a star shape then worked my way out. Who needs adult colouring books when you can make your own pattern. I also tried to vary the colours so that there is more light and shade in it. The paler blue section seems to recede. I just used a set of ordinary felt pens and a fine line pen to draw the triangles. Doing something like this is like a meditation. You can sit and let the world go by as you draw and sketch. You can use any shapes you want and make the pattern as complex as you like. X

Seated figure (front)

Posted on May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Felt pens, front view, Life, Life drawing, Orme Art group, proportions, SketchingLeave a comment

Seated figure – this was a thirty minute sketch. The model put her hair up this time. Using Ingres paper was good because I didn’t have to shade all of the figure. I did add some pencil colour to the background.

Standing figure

Posted on May 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Felt pens, fine line ink pen, Life, Life drawing, Pencil crayons, Sketching, standing figureLeave a comment

Another twenty minute sketch, pencil and ink and felt pens, orme art group. I’m so glad I went. An enjoyable day out.

Life drawing class

Posted on May 21, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Felt pens, figure drawing, Life, Orme Art group, Pencil crayons, SketchingLeave a comment

Ten and fifteen minute sketches drawn at the Orme Art Group today. We book a life model occasionally and it’s good to practice drawing perspective and proportions. Pencil crayons and felt pens on Ingres paper.

Mallaband-Brown

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