Urban Sketching

Thank you. Yes, they’re fun.

thank you Mary. 😊

Thank you 😊 it’s the travel version of the raphael softaqua no.4. it came in a travel set with a roll. I almost use it exclusively though.

Thank you so much Charlie 😊

Thank you Karen 😊

Thank you, I’ll tell her.

Thank you 😊.

Thank you, I love it 🥰

Yes, thank you. She proudly presented me her current one, almost finished 😄

Thank you so much Charlie.

Thank you Sandra!

Thanks Mary!

Karen, Thanks so much! There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting down with my sketchbook and fountain pen, and of course, watercolors!

Thank you Charlie; that means a lot coming from someone as talented and accomplished as you!

Thank you Sandra

Thank you ☺️

Thank you Charlie

thank you Karen🙏

Funny you mentioned that people move so much. Well, I think practice for speeding up things with muscle memory and also a trained Memory helps here, BUT the guy on the right with the glasses said when we were arriving at the station and I finished the ink sketch (I colored the sketch after changing trains) “Finally I can move now” 🤣.
However my…[Read more]

Wonderful and exhausting 😊

Definitely too short 😅

Thank you so much Charlie 🙏

Well, I think you just need to get used to it 😊. I’m not very stealth anymore with my chunky sketchbook.

Maybe, definitely worth a try 😊

Restricted arm movement. Yes 😂

That’s also a good thing.

Thank you Charlie.

Thank you so much Sandra!

Thank you Karen. I think I’m going to make another flip through soon.

Thank you, there’s more where that came from. 😊

Thank you Charlie 😊🙏

Thank you very much Charlie. Maybe this is something I should keep working on. I’m going to use ballpoint and watercolor in combination in inktober.

Thank you Mary.

Thank you Karen, I simply used the humble blue Bic Cristal. However since this tool gives me a false sense of control, I ordered five very fine ball points directly from Japan to try. I don’t mind having not much control of the tools, but this false feeling\impression somehow is just kind of wrong for me.

Thanks Sandra! Making friends with it. I am looking forward to opening up the bigger one. I got A6s and A5s. I need to play when it isn’t so hot that the watercolor dries too fast.

Thanks Mary!

Thanks Mary!

Thanks Sandra!

Thanks Dominik!

The beauty is, there are so many ways to do it.

My observations are based on my personal “visual note taking” how I call it when there is simply not much time to catch the personality of the people on the train or on the street. Also I mostly use the watercolors as a quick way to color the sketches. I think the ticker outlines I use can help…[Read more]

Thank you Charlie. I was told to do the darker lines in shadow areas instead in lighter areas to make it more realistic. Whereas I didn’t consider these lines important. So there’s the conflict between importance and reality. 🤔

Well, I think I’m really feeling comfortable with them now.

Thank you Sandra.

Thank you, that’s a good thing.

Thank you Sandra 😊

Thank you Mary, you can tell I had fun 😊

Thank you 😊. I just made another one like that. Yesterday I added the cover to the textblock, now it’s curing. Later I’ll add the inner pocket and the closing band.