A few more sketches
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Ooh, very nice. You did a great job with the Turner forgery.
I would call it a "backup copy"…
a very nice job indeed! And that scene outside the Camden market is timeless!
I love you your sketches capture sort of the essential core of how things are, or I suppose, an impression.
Mine always end up just being concerned about how lines look. But coming from an architectural viewpoint, I suppose it makes sense.
Do you have a set of coloured pencils you take with you? I am needing a new set myself and I like the colours you have and how they look on the paper.
Yes, I just use a very ordinary set of 24 colored pencils by Crayola.
Your sketches manage to capture a scene with enough detail to capture the moment, yet enough simplicity to allow the viewer to fill in the details themselves and create their own. I don't know whether you're consciously aiming for this effect, but either way it's good stuff!
RP living out loud in London. Just mind the gap good friend.
Love the sketches, Richard, particulary the first one of the train carriage. Nice captures the anonimity of the other passengers. And the Turner tribute shows a nice use of colour. From a pack of Crayolas!
I trust you're having a good trip.
I really have always loved those. I might get one of the really big sets since they're not too expensive.
Nice work Richard.
You've a good drawing eye – one that sees into and past what is there. (Oooh, that was deep!). Have you considered adding your images to http://www.urbansketchers.org/?
Every bit as effective as photographs, perhaps even more so as it lends some sense of continuity with the pre-photography era of scenic imagery. Looking forward to more, well done.
What an interesting site. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks, Joe. I can't take photos as good as yours, so I take very few, and sometimes even feel guilty about not taking more. But then I reflect that we're awash in a sea of quick imagemaking, and maybe it's a better discipline for me to create a few drawings.
I think the Turner impression is fantastic. Well done, Richard.
well done! I sketch paintings I like too, though I'm more reluctant to share, with good reason. I do it to help me fix it in my memory – particularly whatever elements attracted me in the first place.
Again, love your sketches! They're full of energy and spontaneity.
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Yes, that's the main purpose for me too: to look, to really look, and to remember.
Loving the sketch forms Richard! Beautiful curves… and that Turner one is just awesome. I like the colours you picked for it!
Not that you are in any need of uupgrade, but I think you would have a huge amount of fun with a box of Swiss Caran d'ache Aquarelles. You can add extra zing to colours with a lick of the point – and watercolour washes come as a useful extra. Just a thought. Glad you are enjoying the big city!
Love the colors in the Camden Market sketch. Didn't know you were also an artist. These are lovely.
You, my friend, are indeed talented in many many ways