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I am doing a lot of waiting at the moment. I can't proceed with my mural until I get the go-ahead on the rough and I am also waiting to hear back from publishers about book projects. I hate that 'in-limbo' feeling, so have decided to get on with other things and forget about it all.
Over the Bank Holiday weekend, I was inspired by all the different work I saw at Sheffield's Open Up. It's so lovely to visit other local artists, especially in their work space. Since the weather was so lovely at the start of the week, I took my pastels out into the Peak District for some sketching:
I don't normally use pastels on location, as they are really messy, tricky to transport and the results are a bit of a nightmare to get home unscathed (especially as I can never resist the double-page spread). But I tried doing it once last year, during a SketchCrawl out in Edale and was really pleased with the results...
...so I had another go on Tuesday morning. The one below was what I spent most time on. The light changed a lot, as the sun was in and out, which was quite a challenge, but I didn't mind, as I wasn't trying for naturalism, more an impression, capturing colours and shapes:
I tried fixing it, but of course, all the colours were immediately dimmed and it lost its impact (grrrrrrr...), so I then spent ages reworking it, to brighten it up, and didn't spray it again.
Then I did the drawing at the top very quickly, as the sun had gone and things had turned windy and cold. I used a 2nd sketchbook, so as not to damage the first drawing any more than was necessary.
I was back in the studio by lunchtime, so felt very pleased with myself. It was just what I needed to kick-start the day.You can see the rest of my sketchbooks on my website or, if you are interested to watch me create a sketch, take a look at this film from my YouTube channel:
Last month, Sheffield University began allowing the public limited access to a secret, little, teaching museum, which was created in 1905 for the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences: the Alfred Denny Museum.
It's just one room, but full of wonderfully traditional, wooden-framed display cases and slender, wooden drawers, all of which are crammed with skeletons, taxidermy and odd things floating in jars. Sketching heaven. Unfortunately, we were only allowed 1 hour, and that included the very interesting 20 minute talk by a 3rd year student, about the acquisition of some of the stranger creatures.
I whizzed round with my sketchbook and captured specimens as they caught my eye. I was using my brand new Sailor pen for the first time:
It's designed for Japanese calligraphy, but it is just the ticket for on-location sketching as, though it's a fountain pen, it allows for extreme variations in line width, and glides really smoothly across the page, because of its curiously bent nib:
The sketch below is only about a 3rd of the massive python skeleton mounted on the wall in the university foyer:
Some interesting news: the museum's curator likes the sound of SketchCrawling and it looks like we might get back in soon, for a longer session this time, just for sketchers. Can't wait!!
The other nice thing, was that I got 2 new recruits to SketchCrawl North while I was drawing. That's what I love about sketching in public: people just come up and chat, so you make all sorts of new connections.
We had another Dr Sketchy evening last Tuesday, up at the Greystones pub in Sheffield. I went with some of my SketchCrawl buddies.
The models dress up to match a theme and pose on the stage, while the audience all try to capture them in sketchbooks. There is a series of short poses, one after the after, starting with 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 20 minutes.
I always enjoy myself enormously, but it's totally exhausting, as you can't afford to waste a moment. The concentration in the room is so intense you can feel it vibrating in the air. I was trying out some new intense pigmented watercolours I bought on Monday. Because I wasn't used to them, it helped me to be more experimental in the way I tackled things.
The theme this time round was the circus. We had 3 models: a
sword balancer, a tattooed lady, and a burlesque ring master. The red of the ring master's jacket was great.
The sketch below was a 5 minute pose where I was warming up with my usual watercolour pencils. I played about, using my fingers dipped in water to smudge them:
Drawing in a pub is fun and I love drawing to music. The music for the evening is always selected so it reflects the theme of what we are drawing. When we drew zombies, we had horror-movie soundtracks blaring out, for the Victoriana evening, it was Music Hall, the rollergirls night was punk. This time round our frantic scribbling was accompanied by a mix of all sorts, including mechanical arcade music and French accordion.
The sword balancer did a little performance half way through the evening, to give our sketching arms a rest for 5 minutes. Then it was back to it.
One of the problems I had with my new paints is that, especially in the dim light of the pub, many colours looked indistinguishable on the palette. Something that looked black could turn out to be brilliant turquoise, purple or green. That's why there are all the little marks above the drawings - I'm doing an experimental dab, to find out the colour before I use it.
Thanks to all the models - it was good fun drawing you.
By the way,
Dr Sketchy is a franchise, so if you like the sound of it but don't live near Sheffield, check to see if there is one in your area.
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It seems wrong talking about Christmas at this time of year. Quite frankly, I don't want to even think about it until next December, (December the 24th to be precise), but due to all my recent technology issues I never got to post the drawings from our Sketchcrawl Christmas lunch/get-together. We met on a Saturday afternoon at the
Harland Cafe in Sheffield. What a great little place. And, so cheap. I can't remember the last time I had a meal, dessert and a couple of drinks for less than a tenner. Plus, I had an extra portion of chips - which were amazing. But, this is what's known as going off on a tangent (it's the sort of thing I remember, though; good chips). Here are just a few sketches I made. I came home with absolutely tonnes of drawings. Some days are like that, though, right? Some days you're just unstoppable.
Anyway, I'd like to introduce you to a couple of our group;.
Harry has been drawing with
Sketchcrawl North for longer than me. Despite being one of our youngest members he is a veteran. I think he'd been scribbling away since about the age of ten (ish). His work is great now, so I can only imagine what it'll be like in a few years time if he continues at this rate.
Now, I can't pretend I know this baby. He, or she, was sat on a table close by. On these sketchcrawl outings I try to take a few tools that I wouldn't normally use, to change things up a bit. I made this baby sketch with one of my lovely old calligraphy pens. I really must use them more. I pinched a blue pencil, from one of the group, to create his, or her, rosy cheeks.
And, finally, another of our regulars Jane, in her lovely jumper. It's so nice I drew it twice. Here and in the top drawing.
Thanks for all the recent response about resizing vs watermarking images, etc. As you might be able to tell, from this post, I still don't have a bloody clue what I'm doing.
Happy Christmas!
It was touch and go whether Saturday's SketchCrawl would happen: the snow was several inches thick the night before. Luckily it got no worse overnight, so John and I put our boots on and walked into town. Some SketchCrawl North regulars, living outside Sheffield, were upset that they couldn't get to us, but we still had a great turn-out: 22 I think. One person made it all the way from Loughborough.
We started off with a very leisurely sketch session over coffee at Cafe Nero in town. We sat upstairs, where you get some great views out over St Paul's Square to the town hall and the Winter Gardens, but I felt more in the mood for drawing people:
I had a few things to deal with that morning, so my sketches were all quick-fire ones, done in between phone calls. Just as well as, every time I chose a victim to draw, they finished their own sketch and changed position to draw something else!
We moved to the Millennium Galleries for the 2nd half of the morning, to give us a break from coffee. There is a good landscape painting exhibition on at the moment, Force of Nature. I'm a landscape sketcher at heart, so found it very inspiring, especially an Elizabeth Blackadder piece. There was a nice Graham Sutherland too, but it was in black and white, so I imagined what it might have looked like in colour:
Then it was time for lunch. We booked a couple of tables at the Frog and Parrot bar, where the waitress was very patient with us.
Inspired by Lapin's dinner-table sketches from last year's Urban Sketcher's symposium, I drew the people around me, in fine-liner ink tinted with watercolour:
Our final destination for the end of the afternoon was the Showroom Cafe where I indulged in more coffee and a slice of Bakewell Tart for pudding. Unfortunately, I got so caught up with this watercolour of Debbie, that I completely forgot what I had just bought. By the time I got to it, the coffee was barely luke warm. Hey-ho: you have to suffer for your art.
As usual, we ended the day by gathering together and passing the sketchbooks round. I do love the sharing bit - it's so exciting to see what other people have done with the same venues and it gives you so many ideas about new techniques to try.
If you are interested to see some of the other sketcher's work, take a look at our SketchCrawl North page. If you would like to join us some time, we would love to have you. We go out each month, to different places each time, all around the region. Email me to receive my e-newsletter with all the details of future SketchCrawls. Or if you would like to set up a SketchCrawl group of your own, here are some tips.
Arriving back into Sheffield station, after one of my Nottingham school visits at the beginning of the month, I was struck by the most beautiful singing floating up the stairs from the entrance. It turns out to be Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus singing carols in gorgeous harmonies which swelled and resonated, filling the station forecourt. It made me stop in my tracks to listen.
I had to get home, but their flyer said they would be singing at Weston Park Museum nearer Christmas so, as soon as I got in, I wrote the date in my diary.
This Saturday afternoon, John and I went to listen. They were outstanding. The harmonies were so beautiful it actually made me well up in a couple places. The space had lovely acoustics and, because it was an informal recitation, we were up really close and I could draw. I could see the singers looking and, sure enough, as soon as the singing was over, they all came rushing over to take a look.
I know a lot of sketchers can be intimidated by the attention, but I really love that part of it. John and I stopped to chat for ages afterwards to various members of the chorus. I was introduced to their Chair, who asked if perhaps they might use the sketches for Christmas cards next year.
A very uplifting interlude. Thank you Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus - truly beautiful.
This morning we went to pick up our Christmas tree. We like to support a little, local city-farm called Whirlow Hall, by buying our tree there rather than from a big, garden-centre chain.
It was bitterly cold with a nasty wind. All the trees were piled up in the yard, so we chose one without messing about. While John was loading it into the car, I tried to sketch a small clutch of people in Christmas hats who were playing carols.
I was well wrapped up and was drawing in fingerless gloves, but I had to stop after just a couple of minutes: my finger-ends went completely numb and I kept dropping my pencils. I have no idea how they were managing to play!
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On Saturday our sketchcrawl group attended an open day for a park in Sheffield. It was an afternoon choc full of all sorts of drawing opportunitiess. There was music, dancing, food all the kind of stuff you'd expect to find at such an event. I managed to make a few drawings which I'll post shortly, but for now, I'll leave you with a drawing from my favourite part of the day; the dog show. And, specifically the 'waggiest tail' round.
Now, I don't know if you've ever tried to draw the waggiest tail round of a dog show? Well, if not, I can tell you, it's not easy. There's a whole lot of wagging going on.
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A couple of drawings from the last two
Dr Sketchy Sheffield events here. Above is the lovely Ieva modelling at the
Greystone's pub, Sheffield. My fellow sketchy mates and I discussed this pose on our drive home that night, and all agreed it was definitely the most difficult of the evening. I was, however, pleasantly surprised when I got back and looked at this drawing. I'm just not so sure now I see it on screen.
So onto Tom, who I believe, was out first male model. This was at the
Dr.Sketchy/Tramlines festival. When he first got into this position I wasn't confident about being able to make him look, um, human even. But, the best thing, I find, is to stop listening to those voices in your head and not even attempt to make a 'good' drawing. It's at that point you can relax and just play with your pens.
And, just in case you don't believe I drew this (not that there's any reason you shouldn't!) here I am in action. My drawings were also used to advertise this event, as you can see below and
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We picked the perfect weekend for our Peak District SketchCrawl, much against the odds, I must say!
Given how it's been this summer so far, I was getting worried that we'd be rained off, but it was lovely sunshine at 9am on Sunday morning, when a small group of us met at Sheffield Station and took the train off into the hills.
Half an hour later, at the tiny station of Edale, we got out and walked up the track to the new, state-of-the-art visitor's centre. We sketched there for 45 minutes, while we waited for other people to arrive.
On a different day I might have had a go at the unusual, rounded building, with its lovely 'green roof', featuring a stepped waterfall which runs down through it's centre, then cascades over the doorway and down into a little rock pool in front of the entrance.
But I had psyched myself up for countryside, so felt in the mood for hills not architecture.
So I perched myself rather precariously on a dry-stone wall in the car park and painted this:
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Where does the time go, eh? I've such a huge backlog of stuff to post; drawings from one of Lynne Chapman's workshops; the International Sketchcrawl day illustrations; an exciting new collaboration; a step by step update; details about an exhibition in France I've been invited to participate in (SO very excited); a couple of secret projects that I am definitely NOT allowed to mention (can I keep my mouth shut?!); and all manner of other bits and bobs.
For now here's a couple of sketches from a Dr Sketchy I attended the other evening. These are always such fun events. I hope that shines through. They are just a great excuse to play with your pens.
Back to regular posting tomorrow.
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Dr. Sketchy Sheffield are holding this little event in co-ordination with
Tramlines festival on Friday night at Sheffield's Millenium Gallery. I'll be there. And, yes, that is one of my drawings on the poster!
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A couple more from this week's Dr. Sketchy event. In fact, I think I might just dedicate this whole week to lovely ladies and Dr. Sketchy.
Life drawing is all new to me so I have to ease myself into these drawing sessions. I start by sketching each new pose in my 'warm up' note book (the blue lined paper). If I like the pose, and the composition it makes on the page, I'll then re sketch it into my Moleskine sketchbook. I often then play around with the Moleskine sketches at home. Pimp them up, if you like.
So, that's what you have here; two versions of the same pose by the lovely Miss Pixie Parfait. The bottom is the warm up and at the top of this post the worked up version.
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Well, it seems that, this week my blog will be dedicated to lovely ladies all things Dr. Sketchy. I have so many sketches to post. I never usually come home from the Dr. Sketchy events with more than a couple of 'blog worthy' drawings but this time I've got a good handful (!).
The sketches on the blue lined paper are from my 'warm up' notebook. It's where I limber up my sketching hand. Life drawing is all new to me so I need a space to do that. For each pose I will do a quick sketch in the warm up book. Then if I like the pose and the composition and feel it will make a good drawing I resketch it (from life) in my Moleskine. Then when I get home I play around with the Moleskine sketches. Pimp them up, if you like.
So that's what you have here; above, the warm up sketch and below the Moleskine version of the lovely Miss Pixie Parfait.
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I love
Dr. Sketchy. I really do. Last night was another great session at
The Greystones in Sheffield. We got to draw some stunning models to an Eartha Kitt soundtrack. What could be better than that? I was right in the zone too and produced a load of sketches. Sketches I'm pretty chuffed with. Here's one. It's my prize winning (ahem) drawing of Hells Belle. I'll post the rest soon. Cheers!
I have been going to life-drawing at KIAC on a Wednesday evening for about 6 months now, on and off. It's great fun and really good practise. However, while the rest of us draw, Andrew, who has studio-space at KIAC, always models in clay:
I am continually astonished by how lovely and how true his little (and sometimes not so little) figures are, especially given that the longest post is less than an hour, and some of his little figures are done even more quickly.
Anyway, I was obviously not the only person who was intrigued. There was so much interest that Andrew decided to run a series of life-modelling sessions in the same space on the Thursday night. For a fiver per 2 hour session, plus the price of the clay, anyone who is willing to sign up for 5 sessions in a row can give it a try. Well, who could resist?
We each have one of these wooden stands on wheels. The model sits in the middle, with us all in a circle around him, then we occasionally wheel round, so we have different views. The photo above is us clearing up at the end - we have to cover our creations in bin-liners, to keep them moist for next time.
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Here's another little spread from last Sunday's sketchcrawl in Sheffield. The weather was a bit on the wild side so we ended up drawing in a couple of pubs. A perfect way to spend a wet and windy Sunday afternoon.
I can't quite decide whether to add some colour to this. The
Delerium Tremens sign was purple with a pink elephant which could work. But you never know.
This drawing was made in the little mini Moleskine sketchbook. This book had sat unused, on my shelves, for at least a couple of years. I never thought I'd like using it. I thought it was too small. But it's really grown on me. And whilst I always take the larger sketchbook with me, on my travels, I love having the option of this little one too. It's just really cute.
If you are interested you can take a peak at the drawings I've made in this book so far
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Yesterday the weather was crazy. The rain was chucking it down and the wind was wild. Not the best day for a sketchcrawl. Or so you'd think. But we are hardcore Up North. We weren't going to let a little stormy weather stop us. No siree. So we went to the pub and drew there instead.
Late yesterday afternoon, as the rain hammered down on the studio veluxes and the world seemed a rather dreary place, I received an email from sunnier climes that made me laugh out loud...
Anyone remember earlier this year, I told you about a book called The Art of Urban Sketching which I'm really proud to have my work in? Well, Alessandro Melillo in Italy was just reading through the copy he'd just bought, when his gaze snagged on one of the images featured on my page, a pencil drawing I did of an old, public swimming bath, not far from where I live:
It's known locally as Heeley Baths. It's still in use and housed in its original building (love the segregated entrances: Victorian prudishness captured in stone). I took care with the carved, stone lettering on the facade, or thought I did...
Spotted it yet..?<
After the fun of the recent SketchJam at the White Lion, Les and I hooked up again and took our sketchbooks to the Shakespeare pub to draw one of the events at the Sheffield Folk Festival.
It took a while for things to get going, then suddenly the tiny bar exploded into music. Flutes, accordions, squeeze-boxes, a fiddle, a sax, guitars... you name it, they were whipped out of bags and we were soon tapping our toes and warming up our pencils!
Everyone was crammed into such a small space that we quickly got to know our neighbours, some of whom were musicians, some morris dancers. They were all very friendly indeed and, as usual, very interested to see what Les and I were up to!
I have at last come to the end of my crazy, log-jam of school visits and so I've been delighted to have such a sunny weekend to chill out and celebrate!
Yesterday we spent the day SketchCrawling in Leeds (more later, when I've scanned everything in) and today we travelled across to the hills to the north of Sheffield and walked near the Strines Dam. The sun was glorious all day long.
It was a pretty lazy kind of walk, with as much sitting around gazing at the views as anything. John did his usual eye-resting and I did lots of very quick sketches in my Inktense watercolour pencils.
Extra early, warm, sunny days like this feel so special and precious (to us poor Brits anyway), you appreciate them all the more.
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Slightly freaky, I know. It still freaks me out every time I open this sketchbook, and, for that matter, every time I open my kitchen door to find the Queen staring at me. This, actually, was probably the better way to post it....
Well, imagine how freaky it was for the other poor folk who had to sit sketching with Her Maj. These drawings were from our last sketch crawl. The theme of the day was curry and masks. Yes, curries and masks, together at last! And, as you may have guessed, I went as The Queen.
Not great drawings of the mask but it was difficult to draw. There were some photos floating around too. I'll post them when I get my hands on them, to prove just how freaky sketch crawling with The Queen is. Now, THAT is something I never thought I'd say.
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The chutney, above, is one of the delicacies I took to our Mad Hatter's Tea and Sketching Party back in January. Inspired by, my drawing buddy, Lynne Chapman's work it was created with colour pencil alone. I'm amazed by the way she uses this medium, from the depth of colour to textures she achieves. Now I often use colour pencil but it's always with other media, whether that be ink pens or ballpoints. But, here, I thought I'd challenge myself to make a drawing purely with colour pencil. As the great Judge Judy says everyday should be a learning experience. I'm quite happy with it but I'm not sure colour pencil (alone) is for me. I just love the impact and intensity you get with inks. So, I guess that's what I learnt; I love ink!
And, as promised, below is the recipe for Eyeball Chutney. I'm kind of kicking myself because I intended to add a spoon to the jar in the drawing. I felt that would have completed the composition. Who knows I might try to worm one in there yet.
Saturday saw our sketch crawl group's monthly meet up and we ended up at Lynne's house again (well, it's still very cold in these parts). This time we gathered there for a curry. Us Brits LOVE our curries.
Now, it might look like all we do on these meet-ups is eat, but we do actually get some drawing done too. No, really we do.
I've recently started using this little mini Moleskine, in fact I've dedicated it to our sketchcrawls. I'd never used one of these pocket Moleskines before. This one has been on my bookcase for a couple of years. I'm sure I won it as a prize back then, but I never fancied drawing in such a small book (A6). While it will never take the place of my larger Moleskine sketchbook, I'm enjoying using it. It's a really cute size and, of course, the paper is as beautiful as ever. Plus, it's always good to have the choice, isn't it?
Anyway, back to our curry sketching day. A couple of the members of the group did us proud with five different homemade curries. One of my drawing buddies, Matthew Midgely, not only made three curries but also drew up the recipes for each. This (below) was one of the stars of the show. It was amazing and I, for one, will be giving this recipe a go.
Check out Matthew's blog for the other recipes HERE, and while you are there have a look through his gallery. There's some lovely work on show.
More drawings from this sketch crawl to come. Cheers!
On Saturday we had another SketchCrawl in Sheffield...
After last month's Mad Hatter's Tea Party, we thought we ought to get out and about again, so we met at Highfield Library: an interesting and rather imposing building from the street. However, we were all glad to be sitting inside instead, as it was a really wet and horrible morning.
We mingled with the 'normal' folk, and tried to behave ourselves, though the library was pretty quiet at 10.30 in the morning, so 90% of the people in there were sketchers:
We stayed for an hour or so, drawing the views from the windows and the other unsuspecting punters:
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so beautiful, I love the way you are using the colors in this pictures. I can feel the sun and the wind... :-)
Beautiful colors:)What a great place to draw:)
Being in Nature and creating art....I can't think of a better combination!
Your interpretations are just gorgeous. Such splendid color...a delight to the eyes :)
Yes;] I plan to draw some landscapes soon too, Can't wait ;]