Norway 10th July

This was the penultimate day before we returned to England and was the last day of skecthing. Here are the sketches from that day. The second one of the hut works okay I think in terms of perspective for the overall structure but the wooden planks aren’t aligned quite right and come across as clumsily … Continue reading Norway 10th July →

Norway 9th July

Here are the sketches from today. The first two are the same sketch complted in two stages. View from balcony - Stage 1 - 9th July View from balcony - Stage 2 - 9th July Skecth of my wife reading in the sun My aunt's potted flowers - the one on the far right was … Continue reading Norway 9th July →

Norway 8th July

Here ar ethe skecthes I did today. I ended up giving the pine cone one away to one of my aunts. I realised afterwards that all the spines grow in pairsm even the shorter spines depsite appearing to grow singly when viewed from a distance. Mia the cat Pine cones View from balcony - 8th … Continue reading Norway 8th July →

Norway 7th July

Here are a series of sketches I did today, all from or on the balcony where we were staying. The first has got too much detail - my host noticed that, it was useful feedback. Those of the coffe cup took several goes, and I needed to draw paraleelograms initially as scaffolfing in the final … Continue reading Norway 7th July →

Norway 6th July – Reading about perspective – part 1

Brought a book with me on learning how to draw perspective. So, while we are staying here I’ll work through the exercises in that. It’s called ‘Drawing Perspective’ and is by Gilles Ronin, A&C Black Publishers, London 2011.

Norway – Friday 5th July

The next few posts including this one are all from while I was away on holiday on the south coast of Norway. I did quite a few sketches and made some notes, but this was all off-line on my phone as I didn't have access to a strong Internet connection. Here's the post from my … Continue reading Norway – Friday 5th July →