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Showing posts with label Sketchbook #97. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sketchbook #97. Show all posts
Sketchbook #97: Last Spread
Somehow last pages of each sketchbook are hard for me - as much as first ones probably or even harder. So much good memories in the book. By this time I got used to the size and paper and have a lot to tell about the time we spent together - and all of a sudden I have to put it on the shelve? It's tough. So to close the story I often draw my materials :)
Sketchbook #97: My Life Drawing Class
My new love in action: blue+red duo-pencil plus Prismacolor yellowed orange ;) I worked through a surprising number of them lately - and keep using each pencil till the stub is tiny. I have a jar where I collect stubs like that :)
Sketchbook #97: Trying New Sketching Set-Up
Before my Europe trip I re-created a stand-up drawing kit for myself with a horizontal and vertical options for positioning board with watercolors and water. Below is a rough explanation and two sketches I did - one with each set-up :)
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam and Prague
This is my last post with the sketches from the Amsterdam and Prague trip. Little notes on the apartment we rented, people in line to one of the attractions, and a drawing of the most useful tools I had on this trip.
Sketchbook #97: Prague
We spent some time on a little boat looking at Prague from the level of Vltava's swans. It's a really cool point of view but drawing was hard - too much movement :)
Sketchbook #97: Prague
Ballpoint pen is the most versatile tool in my arsenal. If I have time to get to watercolors - great - if the tram comes sooner rather than later all I get to do is outline and if everyone's feet need a little more rest I might add some shading. Usually the simplest ballpoint works for me (and is always somewhere in one of my many "pocketses"). But it's not always working when you try to add line over wet watercolor - which is something I've been experimenting with lately. So I got myself a "waterproof" ballpoint (Powertank from Uni) and it's singing with the watercolors and gliding well even in very wet conditions. Including under the rain on on the water :) A keeper :)
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam
These are miscellaneous bits and pieces - about biking, Haarlem, visiting museum and drawing people on the way (that last portrait is volunteer from the windmill museum :)
Next post will be about Prague!
Next post will be about Prague!
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam
One of the best decisions on this trip was to take a day off roaming Amsterdam and go kayaking through the marshlands and see village nearby. I found Wetlands Safari, canoe tour near Amsterdam, and we had the most amazing time experiencing Netherlands from a whole different perspective with a wonderful guide Majel! Click on the images to read some of my notes ;)
I sketched with my super simple mini watercolor kit - unfortunately pictures turned out very blurry - but I will write more about it later as it became my new favorite sketching set-up :)
I sketched with my super simple mini watercolor kit - unfortunately pictures turned out very blurry - but I will write more about it later as it became my new favorite sketching set-up :)
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a large, densely populated, busy city. Yet we had so many ways to have fun with nature in it: found lots of different birds, many with little chicks and unafraid of all around them. We made piles with the elm seeds (also known as Amsterdam snow) and played with them in the wind (local kids joined :) and we saw so many boats converted to homes or gardens or both! Flowers everywhere!
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam
We split our days into some active stuff (museums, trying famous herring sandwiches, waffles, ice creams and avoiding collision with bicycles and cars as we often wondered onto their territory). And then we had some lazy hanging around canals and trying to read all the street names, recognize different gables and hooks on top of the narrow facades and get really close to the water. 
Sketchbook #97: Amsterdam
I just returned from a great trip to Amsterdam and Prague and will post some sketches in chronological order. We started this trip with the tulips in Keukenhof right after landing. It's crowded. But STUNNING! With it's seven million flowers I was too overwhelmed (and jet-lagged) to draw actual plants - so I drew musicians and enjoyed fresh strawberries instead. And then - still very jet-lagged - I drew little pieces of city of Amsterdam itself. Click on the images to read my notes :)
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