These are great... I've been working in ballpoint pen in Moleskines for just this kind of drawing, and now you've got me wanting to work on tinted paper. Don't you get smearing with the Prismacolors? That's always been my problem with pencil for this kind of exercise.
Hey TIm thanks for the kind words! Actually the prismacolors seem to sit pretty well, its the white chalk pencils that get everywhere... Ive taken to cut a bit of thicker stock paper to put underneath the pages when i draw on them, so they don't transfer to the other side. These Kraft paper sketchbooks are nice, but there is no real tooth oto them. I guess I could hit a page up with some fixative to provide some tooth, but meh, too much work! Man i gotta update this thing...
I sketch ever day from life, and my favorite place to do that is in a cafe, airport or any other setting where people are going about their business, and i can get on with mine. i love observing people 8as discretely as possible) and trying to capture them in my books. Moleskine was my choice for a long time, but Ive switched it to a large format Earthbound (brown paper) so we will see how that goes. I usually try and switch it up when Ive reached a certain point.
My name is Timothy Atkins, I was born and raised in Sweden to wonderful English parents. Ive lived in Paris, Stockholm and New York for extended periods of time, but I am temporarily changing the hectic pace of the city for rural life.
I am a pleine air painter at heart, and there is nothing better than being outside painting whatever catches my eye. The comfort of the studio will do in harsher conditions though!
nice of sketches
ReplyDeleteThese are great... I've been working in ballpoint pen in Moleskines for just this kind of drawing, and now you've got me wanting to work on tinted paper. Don't you get smearing with the Prismacolors? That's always been my problem with pencil for this kind of exercise.
ReplyDeleteHey TIm thanks for the kind words! Actually the prismacolors seem to sit pretty well, its the white chalk pencils that get everywhere... Ive taken to cut a bit of thicker stock paper to put underneath the pages when i draw on them, so they don't transfer to the other side. These Kraft paper sketchbooks are nice, but there is no real tooth oto them. I guess I could hit a page up with some fixative to provide some tooth, but meh, too much work! Man i gotta update this thing...
ReplyDeleteNice Sketches Tim :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my blog, do you have any sketches from your trip to Toledo?:)