I’ve been trying to get my schedule back on track and decided to give myself two mornings a week to go sketch outdoors because A: it gets me out the house and B:I can get reference and practice that you can’t get sat at a computer all day. I’ve been doing it on and off for a year now and it took me a few trials and errors to find the right spots in town from which I had a good view but wasn’t obvious to the passers-by outside. I tried out this brown recycled paper sketchbook after having it on my shelve for past 3yrs not knowing what to do with it as I saw Mr.Brett Bean use it together with red pencils which liked the finish off together with white highlights . I love his handwork and use of strong shapes simple shapes which is what I need to practice.

I need to practice drawing faces of all shapes, sizes and features so I started to draw some on my phone before I went to bed. Being so small of an area to draw on and doing it with a finger I try to concentrate on making quick marks without thinking of details. I also then tried it with a stylus which is quite hard to use but is a bit more precise. The last image I needed to warm up before attacking assignment work and quickly drew what came to mind on scrap of paper.

I’ve not been around the blog for a while due to being busy with my new course and doing the “Sketchbook Project 2012” which I have left till the last minute to try and finish. Here is a little excerpt of the sketchbook on the theme of “Tree house” and which I turned into a picture books of sorts.

I made these as presents for my friends for various occasions. I rather like them so I thought I would share :)