Drawing at a performance usually means drawing in very restricted light. Sometimes it’s too dark to see my sketchbook, but often it means that the performers, especially at the smaller gig venues, are partially or wholly in poor light.
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And Another Gig Goer…
Honestly, you’d think I spent my entire life at gigs! Well, it’s my main source of socialising and entertainment, so I suppose I do. Here’s someone else enjoying the music.
Musicians In Hats.
I don’t half make things hard on myself. As well as having a liking for drawing musicians, who have the nerve to be always moving around, I also have a thing about drawing hats. So…musicians with hats. Not easy. Not easy at all. Fun though. This was at a gig a few nights ago byContinue reading “Musicians In Hats.”
Drawing at gigs is good. Plenty of opportunities to scribble people in the audience and on stage, in relation to the interiors or to their instruments. I find that drawing instruments is the hardest thing. Of course, musicians move around which makes sketching harder, but the instruments are usually constantly on the move too, changingContinue reading
Fleeting Seconds…
It’s often easier to sketch the audience at gigs because musicians tend to move around a lot (except bass players), so I usually have just fleeting seconds to capture the essence of a guitarist, singer or drummer.