Final week I had a beautiful time out sketching with Chantal and Hashi (an Australian who lives in California). I met Hashi again in 2018 on the Santa Monica Pier throughout a USKLA occasion so it was beautiful to reconnect and spend a day chatting and sketching! We had a lot of attention-grabbing discussions and Hashi has renewed my curiosity in Nature Journaling (one thing I do now and again – see my Flora ID posts right here – however not commonly).
I met Chantal at Round Quay early and managed to do a fast sketch of the passengers disembarking from a cruise ship at Round Quay. We then met up with Hashi and headed to Cockatoo Island.
The final time I used to be on the island, I used to be instructing (see right here), so it was good to have the ability to sketch for myself.
We discovered a pleasant shady spot, and I sketched one among my favorite components of the economic precinct – the overlapping shapes of the massive blue sheds.
I used to be doing a variety of speaking, so this sketch took me some time. After which it was time for lunch!
After I had eaten, I drew a easy line drawing of my view after which Hashi’s Kestrel climate instrument.
After lunch, we walked as much as the highest of the island and located a comfortable bench within the shade. I sketched a crane to finish the unfold, after which…
I stuffed one other unfold from the identical spot whereas we chatted. I had the realisation that if I had been alone I might have finished one sketch after which moved location. However as I used to be with others I merely stored sketching views from the one spot. It is a good technique which I ought to use extra typically.
All of those sketches are examples of ‘reflex sketching’ – ie. I used to be concentrating on the dialog greater than my sketches. And it was enjoyable to fill two spreads with smaller sketches.
It was a beautiful day – thanks Chantal and Hashi!