Exercise 3:0 Observation – Topography where to draw. What to draw

Out of the artist/illustrators on the list, I found myself quite drawn to the works of Lucinda rogers, George Butler and
I think I prefer the loose quick style, loose lines and limited colour, I feel a lot of emotion from their pieces.

That’s not to say I didn’t value, Paul Hogarth and David gentleman, I actually once in a while just like to sit down and take my time drawing. In fact Hogarth line work gave me some ideas to test out with shading.

Then we have the works Olivier Kugler, out of all the artist and illustrator he has the most stand out personally and artwork, he feels to me the most unique, I enjoyed seeing the world though his brilliant mind. But the way he see things is different from me, his work is almost alien but never the less exciting.

During the main part of this exercise I did have to take pictures, rely on memory more, I tried not to copy from the pictures.
It was hard to do as just started to ease up on the COVID-19 a little, but limited freedom.

It was unintentional my pages ended up a bit cramped again, I wanted a story board flow/feel to my pages and once stuck photo I found my pages filled up quicker than intended.
It took a couple of pages to sort (had created quick sketches to sort the layout)

This is likely most natural for me, although did limit the colours I used.
Line and wash it more “me”.

I also like this page, it could be a method and technique to take forward in the future.
This was a spur of the moment page, I also wanted to create the walk using one line so one continus image.
I had planned to leave as just the lines, but it lacked any focal points so I tried to used limited two colours just to help the image flow and form better.

Side project, that links back into part two.
I did a mini study based on my wedding anniversary flowers, taking the leaves close (but a bit more illustrated over fine art/detailed)
Figured the trees have been covered over the course of this exercise so I can tie together my sketchbook with this ongoing theme.

I quite like drawing with a nib pen and ink, however I will face an issue with not being as portable as some of the other mediums.
I found some recommended ink brush pens by Thomas Thorspecken in “unban sketching a complete guide” 2014 Search Press Ltd, which are Pentel black ink brush pens. However he states not waterproof so that is important to me, I found some pens like it and I’ve ordered to test and possibly add to my travel kit along side with some new Windsor and newton watercolour markers.

While not yet fully managed to be able to enjoy this part to it’s fullest, I tried to act as if was sketching on the street. Remember the feeling of being in the places and not “looking” at photos intensely.
I’m finding a style that is natural to me, which I need to fine tune, experiment and indeed start to add people/crowds, so this leads me perfectly into the next exercise.

I will also carry this exercise on as things start to ease with COVID-19

Credits, research, references
http://www.lucindarogers.co.uk/
http://www.georgebutler.org/
http://paulhogarth.co.uk/
http://www.olivierkugler.com/
http://www.olivierkugler.com/
https://davidgentleman.com/
Urban Sketching a complete guide by Thomas Thorspecken 2014 Search Press