My pal gave me a brand new sketchbook for a present the other day. It’s very tiny and has very rough hand-made paper which isn’t suitable for the usual fineline pens I use so I had to thnk how to use it. i decided to spend 10 minutes each day sitting in the window on the landing of uor studio block, sketching the people moving below with a lump of graphite. Challenging but good discipline. You have to be very quick and identify the most important features of the figures – no time to do any details – you have mere seconds.
New sketchbook, new sketching
Posted byRosie ScribblahPosted inArty Stuff, out and about, People watchingTags:art, drawing, graphite, people, sketchbooks
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I'm an artist / printmaker / scribbler. I love drawing and all the geeky stuff associated with printmaking, working in a figurative style. I live in Wales with husband and demented cats. And my real name is Rose Davies :D View more posts


wow, so cool! What a lovely gift. 🙂
It’s lovely
You’ve got a very good Pal, to give you such a lovely sketchbook. I’d be afraid to draw in it 🙂
I can’t wait to despoil sketchbooks – it’s their destiny lol
Beautiful book! Not that I’m going to rob you of it or anything *by reading this you wave all rights to report me to police*
hahaha I’ll be looking over my shoulder 🙂