An Unexamined Life...

This is going to have be a really quick post. Not only am I throwing it together in between jobs, I've only got a couple of sketches to put in. Now this isn't because I've been slacking on the creative front. Far from it, I've been doing as much as possible. But some of my efforts aren't particularly photogenic. I'm still working on my ceramics, which haven't reached a finished state yet. And I'm still working on my still life of draped cloth. Again, it's a long way off being finished.

On top of all this, I've been spending some of my time on family stuff, with more to come.

However, I have been trying some new techniques in my sketches...

An Elderly Couple in Costa Coffee

City Hall Clock, Bradford

Two Women in Centenary Square

A Creative Time

There aren't as many sketches this time. But it's not that I've been slacking. I'm working on a few different projects at the moment. I've been busy in the ceramics studio at HIVE, working on a long studio drawing, and at the beginning of a new textiles project. All of this as well as having a full day job schedule!

I will be posting photos of the new projects as they progress, but for now I'm sticking to sketches and life drawings...

Two Women at Costa Coffee

Quick Sketches From Costa

Sometimes I'm not good at picking people who are going to stay a long time in Costa Coffee. In both of the above spreads, I picked a winner on the lefthand side and barely got started on the right. I'm definitely better at getting the gesture down quickly, so at least I've got something to show for it.

 Waiting in the Car Park

On our way to a party, my boyfriend left me in the car while he bought supplies and birthday presents. I'd got as far as the car in front, and was about to start work on the background when he got back.

Life Drawing at The Saturday People

The session was two hours, and split into three shorter poses followed by one hour long pose. I've been practising get the gesture down in a minute or two, and then going back in to work on more details. The top drawing was a 6B graphite stick and the other two were done with a watersoluble 8B pencil.

Altar Rocks, St Ives, Bingley

We went out for a walk and a barbecue at Altar Rocks nearly Bingley. It was very quiet. I think everyone was staying in to watch the tennis. I knocked this sketch off while John did the cooking.