Takayama is a lovely location to sketch, with its Edo-period style streets. I made sure to have a day there for that reason! The photo is a bit misleading due to overexposure of the sun in the background, it was periodically cloudy vs not cloudy.
Just a quick sketch of a very historical building in my city. This is "Gedung Merdeka" in Bandung. The original building was built in 1895, called 'Societeit Concordia', a gathering place for upper class Dutch people to chill, dance, dinner, art performance, etc you name it. The building was then renovated (more like remodeled) in 1926 by architects Van Galen & CWP Schoemaker into what we can see today. Since then it had undergone many different roles, from a Dutch elite club to a Japanese cultural center (during Japan occupation in WW2), to youth center, senate building, international conference building, and even a political detention facility during 1965s revolution.
The peak moment was in 1955 when Indonesia hosted the Asian-African Conference. Today it functions as a museum for the 1955 historic conference.
The name 'Gedung Merdeka' means 'Independence Building'
Sketched on location yesterday. It's in Nuremberg Germany, view on St Sebaldus and Schöner Brunnen.
Watercolor and ink, second one is marker.
If you couldn’t tell by now, I had a lot of downtime at jury duty.
the fundamentals continue to be my enemy
Sketched this today over lunch and ended up going back for tofu pudding later this night (delicious!). The shop owner was so friendly and chatted with us for a while, I went out on a limb and showed him the drawing and ended up just giving it to him as a memento. First time giving my art to a stranger and it was really fulfilling. Felt like all the right aspects of urban sketching - thanks to this sub for the continued inspiration!
I think the bottom half of this building looks better than the top half, need to work on straightening my horizontal lines a bit.
First one is the Tarpana at Mullick Ghat, and the other one is with USK Kolkata group.
I've made some progress sketching from photo references (online and my gallery). It's still simple though in terms of scale; a single building or a single vehicle, etc.
But I'm too scared to sketch on location, it's just feels awkward, how/where do I even begin? Might as well just click a photo and draw at home LOL 😭
Hope you like this week's practice sketches.
I love sketching and doodle and have been wanting to give urban sketching a try. There’s so much improvement to be made and I don’t know what the best resources are to get better, any tips would be great!
Proportions & perspective are way off but I loved drawing my mom’s memorial bench in the park last weekend. My mom loved squirrels & fall & the park. I can tell she’d be at peace hanging out at her bench on a day like this. Thought it would be an appropriate subject for my first foray into urban sketching!
The speech bubble says, “I saw a ladybug!” The other words say, “Leaves falling slowly in the soft breeze of children laughing and playing…Squirrels hop around and I think of you fondly.”
This is at a park somewhere in the upper Midwest of the US.
Enjoyed these quick ones inspired by early morning runs around the Thames near the Strand. Too much sky for my little brush but I am quite happy with the result
Comparison between my first two sketches 4 weeks ago and my latest attempt today all on location
There is a long way to go, but I feel like I’m happy with my progress
