23rd April 2019
Easter
was nice and we were lucky to have some lovely weather. I have been
sketching during the holiday; just quick little pen sketches of people,
dogs, vehicles... whatever subject is around me ... I find sketching
helps as an exercise to keep the artistic side of my brain working. It
is all about observation of the subject in front of me and breaking
things down into shapes and measuring distances between different parts
of the subject. It reminds me of a book I read years ago; 'Drawing on
the Right side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards. It is a great book for
artists, with various drawing exercises, I used to practice them quite
often. I like to think of sketching as a drawing exercise too.