On the way to Utah to see family we stopped at a little tourist town. It had all kinds of quirky, ornate, and one of a kind Victorian storefronts. The weather was cold and rainy. Thus, I had to sketch this one inside the store across the street looking through their front window. It is just the upper part of the storefront. I was sketching fast holding my sketch book in one hand and drawing with the other. I was not happy with it at the time. Later I inked it in with ball point pen and it helped. Still just a fast and raw sketch, but it was interesting trying to sketch on location with people all around.
Thanks for sharing your visit to small town, USA. I love to look at the architecture of old buildings.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! I'd love to do that too, visiting small towns in USA :) and take millions of pictures whenever I do.
ReplyDeleteI love the details you've incorporated in this sketch, as well as the shading part.
:) Thanks for your comments Ramona. Actually I have quite a few drawings with colors done earlier, or if you'd like to see some more wayyy earlier, you can see them here too ^^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/43722246@N06/
The architecture of old really deserves the wonderful attention you give it by drawing. Skilled workers of long ago did what we would consider to be fine art today.
ReplyDeleteSometimes that's just what sketching is - something fast and not perfectly how we wanted. If it was perfect and finished it's often called a drawing. Now though, you have this firmly in your sight (and it looks very nice to me) and you can use it as the plan to draw a picture more like how you wanted to.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above sentiments: working fast and loose strengthens your drawing overall. It's just to capture the feeling down so that you can recreate it in the studio in a more formal painting. Nicely done!
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