latest sketches

Chalkwell Park with Chalk_Collective.

Michelle with her yoga group in the park.

This morning along the front, Cliff Gardens.

a REAL meet up with Chalk_Collective!

It was so nice to meet up in reality rather than virtually.  The evening was pleasant after a hot day in a busy Chalkwell Park .  The added bonus being that Michelle was giving a yoga class, so we were able to do some very quick sketches as people went through their sun salutations.  I do hope that the weather will continue to be dry so that we can meet up again outside.  The first sketch is from our virtual meeting last week.

 

Evenings with Chalk_Collective

Our weekly meet ups via skype have been great and an incentive to sketch.   I tried to capture the incoming tide last night but any sketches of the sea I do seem to be a failure.  Really frustrating!  Last week I also watched "Life drawing live" on BBC4.  Once I had worked out how to work the red button and freeze on to the model some of the poses were gone and although I cracked working the red button the model was just a bit too far away for me to see well.  All the poses were based on famous art works, I enjoyed the programme, just wished that the camera had been a little nearer the model.

 this was two separate poses captured on the one page of my sketch book, the poses were often very quick which between finding the red button to focus on the model and get myself ready meant it was all a bit rushed.

Last few sketches, I have been working on a quilt so hadn't posted these

People seem to have some kind of alarm system

As soon as I start sketching people get up and walk off, they must have some kind of built in alarm system.  I wanted to do a coloured version from the back window of the sitting room but landed up zooming in and not including so may rooftops and chimneys. 

From the sitting room.

I moved to the back of the sitting room today to sketch but got totally confused drawing all the roofs, chimney pots, extensions and fences.   Decided it was just too complicated to try and add colour.  I might do the same view again tomorrow but go in first with colour then draw. 

Last one from the kitchen

The sun was bright today so lots of shadows.  The paper in this sketch book is rather thin so not the best for water colour washes.