My urban sketching weekend
Over this four day Easter holiday I had the opportunity to catch up with some sketching friends who I had not seen in a while. We originally met as part of Sydney Sketch Club and now have our own social get togethers as well, where we catchup on life, families, travel. And of course, we ALWAYS have our sketchbooks with us. On Saturday Kaz, Meegan, Lisa & I spent the day in the Sydney city, sitting in a well-lit area of a shopping centre food court, with views out to the park. We each brought along a sketching project we were working on and ate, sketched, and talked from 10 am to 3 pm. It is great motivation and inspiration and fun.
My project that day was to do some Urban sketching. In the past week I have been doing a few more “studied drawings”, and wanted to use the time on Saturday to capture my day and my city in my sketchbook.
(If you look at my flickr site you will notice that I have a few different styles of art, and it all depends on where I am , how I feel, how much time I have, as to whether I do a quick sketch or a slow drawing or combination of the two. Sometimes it just evolves! I enjoy both)
in the food court Westfield, Sydney CBD
On Sunday I met another sketcher, Kathy, for brunch. We are a very social lot!
I know that I am very fortunate to have people to sketch with. I tend to take this for granted sometimes and when I get a comment on my flickr site from people who live in smaller towns or do not know other sketchers, it reminds me how lucky I am.
Dear Alissa,
Thank you for sharing the beautiful sketches. You’re a wonderful sketcher. Keep up!
Best wishes, Sadami
I love your sketching style: so sophisticated and cool! I would love to sketch like that! The colours are gorgeous too.
Great sketches! And how wonderful you have all these people to sketch with. Bliss.