Thursday, January 15, 2009

Urban Sketching


A sketch for today. Sun was shining it was lovely and warm sitting in the sunshine for twenty minutes sketching this. Put the colour in when I got home. Taking a night off oil painting for some admin time. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice studio time for the more practical stuff. I really enjoy the geometric shapes of buildings and the cast shadows that form in hidden recesses.
Where I was sitting is a rose garden and its very odd to find roses blooming in January! I'm hoping to get a couple of blooms to paint this weekend as the weather forecast is not promising for plein air.

5 comments:

Mary said...

Anita, I admire you so much for your consistency and constant improvement. Keep on going!:)

Anita said...

Thank you Mary.

Robyn Sinclair said...

That ceiling looks like it was fun to draw. Looking forward to roses.

Anonymous said...

Great capture.

Anita said...

Robyn - sorry the roses didn't materialise - maybe next week.

Robin - thank you!

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