tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878624663057658396.post8026346782046863846..comments2024-03-17T07:39:44.912-04:00Comments on sketch journal: Cows Fly HomeJohn Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05057092401341317933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878624663057658396.post-48265482378072546812011-09-22T11:34:46.354-04:002011-09-22T11:34:46.354-04:00Thanks for viewing my blog and electing to follow ...Thanks for viewing my blog and electing to follow it. Maybe you can keep me honest and on a good path to sketching. <br /><br />I have been through your sketch journal site and really like your sketches. I find your sketches to have a nice refreshing light touch and it seems to fit well with what the USK groups are targeting. I hope we can exchange comments and ideas as we both move forward on our respective sketching journeys.<br /><br />I was interested in your 1st Quarter notes on drawing and see we are both striving for the same thing. I agree with all your comments:<br />1/ I have been trying to do 3 drawings a week (actually tried to do daily sketches) but was having a hard time keeping up the daily ones. I ended up with about 3 a week also.<br />2/. Yeah, I haven't been too discriminating with my postings, but then again this was intended as a working blog not a show -case. I understand if I join USK then I need to keep a specific Urban sketch blog.<br />3/. I have also been trying to sketch faster, reduce details a bit and paint the essence. Also trying to get away from using underlying pencil. I'll be trying this more and am targeting Oct 15th World-wide Sketchcrawl 33 to do a whole day this way.<br />4/. I have been working on a book of sketches of the Vancouver West-end.. A kind of Chronicle of places and things as they are in 2011. This started out in a certain style and I do not wish to mix the style as the book progresses. But I plan on carrying forward in a few sketchbook in parallel and experimenting with different styles and techniques.<br />5/. Yes.. I probably lean too heavily on colour and should lighten up. That colour comes from my full-size watercolour painting.<br /><br />Anyway, I have monopolized your comment box too much already. I hope we can exchange ideas again later. <br /><br />Dave Fletcher<br />(CyberDave)<br />Vancouver, BCDavid Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885217301914682345noreply@blogger.com