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| Dog Crockery 28 January 2017 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
Hamish came to stay for a few days in January. He is very polite. He brought his own crockery and some flowers for Elaine.
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| Dog's Rose 30 January 2017 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 14.0cm x 20.3cm (5.5" x 8.0") |
He’s an old man now, so I managed to grab a sketch of him while he was having a snooze.
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| Hambo! 24 January 2017 Ink and Watercolour Daler Rowney A6 Ebony Sketchbook 10.5cm x 14.9cm (4.1" x 5.9") |
Mark Taro Holmes (Citizen Sketcher) wrote a recent post about drawing quick sketches while out walking (Personal Trainers Hate this Sketcher – How to lose weight by drawing!). This has inspired me to do the same. I try to take a 30-minute walk most lunchtimes and I’ve added a 7-minute sketch into the routine. It’s been too cold to comfortably hang around for much longer.
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| Stokes’ Mill from the Foot Path 20 January 2017 Ink Daler Rowney A6 Ebony Sketchbook 14.9cm x 10.5cm (5.9 x 4.1") |
So far most of the sketches have been of bare trees, but I’m moving on to buildings and other objects.
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| Very Cold Finger Post 23 January 2017 Ink Daler Rowney A6 Ebony Sketchbook 10.5cm x 14.9cm (4.1" x 5.9") |
The exercises for my latest project (Expressive Drawing by Steven Aimone) require some new materials.
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| Materials for Expressive Drawing 16 January 2017 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
I will share some of the results in the next few weeks.
