Well I have begun my new blog, now in
which direction do I point it?
My initial thoughts were to transfer
over all the drawings, sketches and paintings that I had on my
existing ajnphotography blog.
In the clear light of early morning I
think that might be a bit redundant. So I will continue moving
forward.
For any newcomers you can browse
backwards through my previous blog posts here
www.ajnphotography.blogspot.ca
So a quick overview as to what I have been up to and how I got here..
Recently I read 'The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission
to Be the Artist You Truly Are' by Danny Gregory
In the section under 'excuses' i.e ' I
don't have time to draw' he says and I'm paraphrasing here, “So you
get up in the morning, make coffee and breakfast and then what?
Well instead of just sitting there,
draw your breakfast!”
Well I did and spent the whole day, I
was on vacation, drawing and sketching. Was that because I started
early?
I also started a daily (well supposed
to be daily) Sketching Journal. Some of those pages will appear here,
warts and all.
Recently I joined the KW Urban
Sketchers group and tagged along on an outing to Doon Village in
Kitchener.
Never heard of the Urban Sketchers
movement?
Well here is their website:
http://www.urbansketchers.org/
I find my 'style' to be very
'technical' and detailed. The Urban Sketching style is more loose and
free flowing so I am trying to expand my horizons in that direction
too.
The Surf's Restaurant-Balmy Beach Ontario
Waiting for dinner to arrive
Alan
Nice sketch, Alan. I think you don't have to look very far to find that 'urban sketching' isn't a style. If you want precise, take a look at Pete Scully, Gerard Michel, Carnet de Bru, and many others like them. The only statement about style in the Urban Sketcher's Manifesto reads, "We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles." Doesn't get any more explicit than that :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers --- Larry