Husb and I spent a few days in The Lake District last week, in the lovely little town of Ulverston. Husb and our younger relatives went on the climbing wall, doing bouldering. Of course, I had to have a scribble. It’s great to draw people in strange poses that I normally wouldn’t see. I had to be quick too,Continue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 4.”
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Scribbling Bouldering 3.
Here’s another scribble from The Wall in Ulverston, where Husb and I visited last week. He bouldered, I scribbled. Here he is with some snazzy handholds and footholds, which look a bit like pebbles and gems strewn across a beach after I’ve tweaked them in Adobe Photoshop . Sensibly, there were some very deep fallContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 3.”
Scribbling Bouldering 2.
I went to The Wall in Ulverston when I was there last week, not to climb, but to sketch. Climbers twisted themselves into some great shapes, but I had to draw quickly. The bouldering wall is covered in odd, bright shapes, handholds and footholds. I put photos of them through Adobe Photoshop to go withContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 2.”
Scribbling Bouldering 1.
Husb and I spent a few days in The Lake District last week, in the lovely little town of Ulverston. Husb joined some of our young relatives on the climbing wall. The technique is called bouldering and I’d never heard of it before. Of course, I had to have a scribble. It was a greatContinue reading “Scribbling Bouldering 1.”
Thundery Crags
This is the last of the outdoor sketches I did in my recent stay in The Lake District. We stopped a while up in the mountains while younger relatives swam in the river – it was WAY too cold for me – so I sat and sketched with Derwent Inktense blocks into a Khadi landscapeContinue reading “Thundery Crags”
More Mountains.
With Husb in The Lake District and there are so many mountains I don’t have to search for them. I’m drawing so many that I could almost do it with my eyes shut!
Wet Scribbling.
Husb and I spent a few days in The Lake District, visiting people and enjoying the beauty and quiet of the place. I took my Derwent Inktense blocks, a landscape Khadi sketchbook, a Daler Rowney reservoir brush and sat a while sketching. First off, I did a quick sketch with the Inktense blocks, using themContinue reading “Wet Scribbling.”
Getting Nearer.
I did some more work on the “celebrity” portrait I started recently, using my new-ish pastels from the Lake District. I don’t normally work from photos or do celebs, but I need a lot of practice to try out these as they’re much softer than I’m used to. The likeness is getting nearer but notContinue reading “Getting Nearer.”
Silhouette
This is the second of a series of sketches I’m doing from photos I took of the war memorial in Kendal in the Lake District a few months ago. It was a bright day so the statue was silhouetted against the sky, wiping out any details on the statue. I’m using a ballpoint pen intoContinue reading “Silhouette”
Foreshortening And Mark Making
I saw a bronze sculpture of a World War 1 soldier on a memorial in Kendal in the Lake District. He was on a tall plinth and towered above me at an interesting angle, so I took a few photos from different sides and then completely forgot about them until I was browsing today andContinue reading “Foreshortening And Mark Making”
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