A few weeks ago I had an epic afternoon sketching in the City filling 20 pages of my A4 sketchbook (see here). So it’s a little hard not to compare subsequent outings with that.
But still, I’ve had two very productive sketching sessions on the last two Wednesday afternoons. And with the exception of the last sketch in this article, all my work has been done from the comfort of a bench! This seems to be my approach to sketching at the moment… I walk until I find somewhere to sit and then assess whether there is something of interest to sketch from the spot. 🙂
Wednesday 19 July
L: Our trains are fun to draw with all that dark yellow and blue.
R: I wasn’t sure what to sketch while I was sitting on a bench in Martin Place so I just started drawing the building in front of me.
Walking through Hyde Park (north) I found a low wall to sit on and sketch St Mary’s Cathedral. I was then in need of a coffee…
…so I headed to the Australian Museum. After my drink, I did a quick walk around (sketching the funniest face I found) and then sat in the sun outside to sketch the facade. (The second time this year – see here for the other sketch)
I then walked through Hyde Park (south) doing two quick sketches. The War Memorial (right) is such a great building to draw using just shadow shapes (Foundations Lesson 3).
The last sketch for the afternoon was in the Westfield Level 5 food court.
Wednesday 26 July
A fun water play park at Darling Harbour. I was thinking about my nephew and niece a lot while I was doing this (they had left the day before and I was missing them!)
It was a warm afternoon so I sat in the shade and sketched this view of Darling Harbour with the Women’s World Cup FIFA’s Fan Festival area on the left.
A bench in the sun with a view of the Chinese Gardens and then I walked up to Chinatown and sketched the gate at the entrance.
Now you might be wondering if I’m ever going to mention the ‘new method for working loosely’ which is the heading for this article. The answer is simple… sketch standing up!
What more can I say? 🙂
I need to do this more often!
I know that over time I will gain more control sketching while standing up but at the moment it is very effective for working loosely.
Do you ever sketch standing up and what media do you use?
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