Sketching Again

I have now been sketching seriously, and trying to learn about it, for about six weeks.

Starting from a book written by a New Plymouth friend, Scott Wilson, entitled "A pen full of light", and published through Blurb, I have consulted several experts, most regularly, the large number of sketchers affiliated with Urban Sketchers. This is a world-wide organisation of people who sketch scenes from their city live (ie, not from photos). They have a network of websites linking work from every corner of the globe, and incidentally illustrating a host of different styles and techniques.

The address is: urbansketchers.org

The new Zealand branch is Urban Sketchers Aotearoa.

Then there is an online book by Russ Stutler, which was also helpful, and a hundred-year-old manual by Francis Hopkinson Smith, a series of lectures called "Outdoor Sketching", which explains several very simple techniques, among other principles of the craft.

I have posted a few examples for you to see, and to comment if you care to, and here are one or two recent ones.

This is a house which ninety years ago was a nursing home, where Margie's Dad was born. It is now a Bed and Breakfast.

Another time I popped down to the corner to catch the dairy.

Westland scene.