tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91489470961647307782024-03-13T22:29:51.443-07:00Urban Sketchers ManchesterSimone Ridyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621483554554107620noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-1798278791640818402015-07-08T12:27:00.001-07:002015-07-08T12:27:07.848-07:00Going BIG: Urban Sketching commission for The University of Salford<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Last week I had the pleasure to complete a commission for The University of Salford, as part of their summer Undergraduate Open Days. Although I am, as a rule, teaching and pottering around campus working on recruitment events, this time (first time) my role was changed into what I do most behind the scenes (probably not as neatly dressed as I would be on a work day!). My manager at recruitment, Vicki had seen my work on Twitter and thought it would be beneficial to offer something different to the visitors coming to the open day. So there I was, on 1 July, in the sweltering heat, laying out all my brushes and my rather gigantic cotton paper, getting ready for what was going to be possibly the hottest day of the year so far. Manchester is seldom dry for more than 3 days at a time but this was the Sahara experience in itself, as the temperature rose to beyond 30 degrees. Saying that, the heat probably helped my watercolours a great deal, not to mention that I needed a top-up from my Tenerife tan which is probably going to be a thing of the past soon. To detail:</span><br />
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Starting out, dressed as a Parisian flower-seller, I must have confused the bypassers quite a bit. My drawing board is laughable given its A2 size. The sheet was 1 m x 750 mm. </em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The final image is a combination of the pallette below and my newly-adopted Carbothello pastel pencils which I have become completely besotted with. Special thanks comes to Estates who have made sure</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">they provided regular check-ups on how the sketch was advancing and of course, provided me with the table.</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Winsor blue, scarlet lake, Winsor yellow, yellow ochre, Payne's grey. </em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Day 2 was all about the blend between old and new. With Peel building in shot, I had a panoramic view across the main footpath </em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">that snakes past Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Building (1896) and finishes at the future New Adelphi (completed cca. March 2016)</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition, the weather decided to bugger off a bit. Note how I'm much less tropical in this one. I also posted myself under a fir tree to avoid</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">further sunburn. The downside was all about the wildlife falling from the tree at strategic times...mostly bang in the middle of a watercolour wash.</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070852125250371198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-12403208763383226442015-01-19T08:34:00.000-08:002015-01-19T08:34:14.498-08:00What’s in a drawing? The Strength of a scribble<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A question on facebook recently about what sketchers get from
drawing by artist and teacher </span><a href="http://www.roisincure.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Roisin Cure</span><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></u></i></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">really
got me thinking. I was actually already thinking about it but it got me
even more thoughtful about certain experiences that have developed my
approach, be it, a book (<a href="http://www.drawright.com/" target="_blank">Drawing on the Right side of the Brain by Betty Edwards</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> comes to mind), a course (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.sketchbookskool.com/"><i><span style="color: #0a4d58; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sketchbook Skool</span></i><u style="text-underline: #0A4D58;"><span style="color: #0a4d58; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: #0A4D58; text-underline: none;"> </span></u></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">comes
to mind) or a group (Urban Sketchers, particularly </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://urbansketchers-manchester.blogspot.co.uk/"><i><span style="color: #0a4d58; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Urban Sketchers
Manchester</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> comes to mind). I have been starting to consider the
great things about what it means to me to scribble and how it has changed my
perception of the world around me. It may sound a little far fetched to say ‘it
has changed my life’ but I certainly believe that drawing/sketching/making art
has a huge amount to offer and really does change my perception and
understanding of what’s around me. From listening to and reading about
others, this certainly doesn’t seem to be an usual response either, others
are equally enriched by the process. On reflection, here, in nutshell (or
should I say in a very small sketchbook!) are the things I see as benefits for
me, at this moment in time:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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helps calm my mind and focus my attention</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thing and this creates stress and </span></div>
anxiety. I flit from one thing to another and
this compounds my ability to concentrate, creating a somewhat nervous
disposition. To be honest, its something I have come to live with and
over the years, it seems to have worsened. Through sketching, I am able
to just focus on the drawing, nothing else. It calms my mind and enables me to
relax. I become completely absorbed in the drawing and the process, giving me
valuable ‘time out’. I have not found anything else that is able to do
that!<br />
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a much better awareness of the world around me and a deeper understanding of
the places I live and visit </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Since becoming a member of the Urban Sketcher community,
going out and about, particularly in Manchester with <a href="http://urbansketchers-manchester.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span style="color: #0a4d58; font-family: Calibri;">Urban Sketchers Manchester</span></i></a> and beyond, I have developed a greater awareness and interest
in the city I live in: from the new modern skyscrapers to the old Mills and
other stunning historic buildings; their colours, textures, scale, detail. The
same applies when I visit other places. Through the drawing, I am able to
unpeel some of the physical layers and develop a better understanding of the
place. This is an ongoing process of understanding and revealing! What
fun! I am aware of more of the dynamics of the place, the festivals,
events, traditions. It makes for a much richer experience and helps with
feelings of belonging, helping connect me with others, be it through social
media or other means. When standing outside, people may come up and chat,
either about the process of drawing or about the place. It all adds to
the experience and the ‘Sense of Place’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Recording visits and trips in the form of a scribble, provides
sketchbooks to revisit and remember-to recall ‘that time when I was drawing
that’. Through drawing, I have to study the place/the person/the location so
much more than I would usually do. I have to stand/sit and look and look. It
etches it on my mind and provides a richer, more vivid memory. This is
where the reportage comes into its own in a sketchbook. The notes
accompanying a scribble provide valuable clues and dimension-I need to get
better and creating these diverse and richer pages of narrative in my book!
Here are my scribbles from last year’s trip to Wales. I remember it
all the better for the scribbles!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scenes have a depth, substance and interest when looked at carefully, with more
than a cursery glance! This narrative develops the more you scribble and
draw. It provides you with a visual clarity, a fascination, a better
pair of glasses! Even the most supposedly ordinary of places and
things, train stations, street furniture, queues are the most fascinating when
you look carefully!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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line. This type of support is great because it provides friendship and a forum
for dialogue and development of understanding. It’s a richer and more
fulfilling way of living! In addition, through sharing these drawings on-line,
it enables engagement with others that may have some connection with the
drawing, be-it a memory or sentiment about the place or an understanding of its
significance or history. This Cooperative building in Pendleton,
Manchester is a good example. The </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://manchestertourguide.com/"><i><span style="color: #0a4d58; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Manchester Tour Guides</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
posted a picture on social media and it prompted dialogue about the building,
its history and me to go out and draw it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sketching gives me a
voice and allows me to express my views of the world through a visual diary</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Of course, there are lots of ways of expressing yourself, but I
find drawing to be a great way of self-expression. Through the recording in
sketchbooks, adding notes and other memorabilia I have a record of that time
and place and of my ‘take’ on the scene. It is mine and mine alone, my visual
signature. You only have to attend an urban sketching session to see the
variety of ways in which a scene can be seen! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Finally of course and perhaps this was the main driver in the
first place:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Through regular practice,
sketching enables me to develop my drawing skills and improve my artwork</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> It
is a slow and continuous process but also one where progress is clearly
noticeable as time passes. Over time, my ability to see, and to tap into ‘The
Right side of the brain’, continues to improve!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As I write this I’m sat at a café in a small seaside town where my family live; I‘m reflecting on my urban sketching adventures and thinking about what I would tell myself as I sat here last New Years Eve having not picked up a pencil in 15 years. Perhaps this might inspire someone else to pick up a pencil and draw his or her life.<o:p></o:p><br />
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1 – draw, draw, draw – the more you draw, the better you get. It’s all about practise not making it perfect.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 - Draw the everyday things around you, the coffee cup, the cake, the pens you use, and the shoes on your feet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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3 – Don’t rub out those mistakes, learn from them and live with them. Often when I thought I had done a lousy drawing, I looked again, a while later and could appreciate it much more.</div>
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4 – Don’t get sucked into thinking you have to have the right materials to draw – use what you have, if you don’t like it what you have then ask for advice from others, borrow stuff and try it out and if you don’t like something – perhaps, find it a new owner or home. Don’t think that having the most expensive stuff is the key – three pencils, a waterbrush and a pen were used in my favourite sketch of the year.</div>
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5 – Try not to work across too many sketchbooks – taking them all out makes your bag very heavy.<br />
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6 – Date your sketches and number your sketchbooks – it helps to see your progress<o:p></o:p></div>
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7 – Your sketchbooks are precious –but not so precious you are scared to make mistakes or not use them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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8 – Ask for advice and feedback from others, it can be a little nugget of advice that can move you forward. One of the best I received was two words about drawing people ‘draw bigger’. Thank you, Lynne.<br />
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10 – Carry a sketchbook and a pencil or pen… always.<o:p></o:p></div>
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11 – Draw often, short but everyday is better than 4 hours once a month. If you think you don’t have time, turn the TV off and turn on your creativity.<br />
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12 – You don’t have to share your sketches until you are ready to. My early ones were not seen by anyone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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13 – Drawing ‘bits’ is less intimidating – a nose, ear, foot, window, door rather than a whole person or building.<o:p></o:p></div>
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14 – The ephemera of life can be worth keeping – I spent a lot of time on trains – those tickets are stuck into the sketchbooks… collage is art…<br />
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16 – A little bit of perspective knowledge goes a long way<o:p></o:p></div>
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17 – Simplify – you don’t have to draw everything, exactly as it is.. embrace wonkiness. See the stained glass window in this painting.<o:p></o:p><br />
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20 - Seek out and share inspiration with others, follow them on facebook, twitter, pintrest, flickr, post your sketches online, join an online class, watch a you tube video… look for those nuggets to help you move on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With thanks to all the Urban Sketchers who I have met, followed and/or drawn with from across the world. Particular thanks to Lynne Chapman, Simone Ridyard, Mike Dodds, Adelina Adelydee, Ann Marie Percival, Andrea Joseph, Paul Heaston and Liz Steel.</div>
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Below is my picture of the year; one of the totem poles in the British Museum - a culmination of all the advice from above :o)</div>
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It’s often an excuse we give ourselves... never having the time to sketch. The group meetings get us together and give us an incentive to draw. But what about in the meantime?<br />
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Personally I get a bit jittery if I haven’t sketched for a while. If a weekend has gone by without at least one page in the sketchbook completed then I feel somehow unfulfilled. Yes, I have to admit that over the last 18 months I have become a little obsessed about urban sketching, maybe even a little addicted. It does that to you.<br />
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But finding the time is always the challenge and yet, looking back at my sketchbook over the past week, I realise that I’ve managed to get something down on paper most days.<br />
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I’ve taken to splitting a page lengthways and then, if I only have 10 minutes, I start to draw something from the left and seeing how far I get. The next time, I draw from where I left off. Over a week or so the page builds up to be an interesting visual diary of where I’ve been. In this case, mostly train stations and park benches... and waiting for my son to appear from rugby changing rooms! <br />
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Sketching doesn’t always have to be in our sketchbooks either. The idea of having to sit for an hour or two to complete a full page sketch in our favourite book can be daunting and gives us another excuse for not drawing. <br />
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I have a smaller book, only 5x6 inches, in which I scribble on the bus, while watching television, or as a warm up to a ‘proper’ sketch. I don’t often show this one to anyone and was a bit taken aback the other month when I did and someone said they liked this one better than my watercolour Moleskine! <br />
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But there’s more to finding the time than literally finding the time and, looking back at <a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/danny+gregory/the+creative+license/5465343/" target="_blank">The Creative License</a>, I see that Danny Gregory agrees. He writes: ‘Is time your problem? Or fear? I find that people have the write to me and tell me they don’t have the time to draw. Weird. In the time they write the note, they could have done a drawing or two.’<br />
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So, there it is. We can all find a scrap of time, a ballpoint and the back of an envelope, but maybe what holds us back most of all is the fear of making an inadequate drawing. Maybe I should have done a couple of drawings rather than writing this blog post; and maybe you should have done one rather than reading it!<br />
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How do you find the time to draw? Or what stops you from putting drawing pen to paper?<br />
Post some comments here or on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/321316664634124/" target="_blank">Manchester Urban Sketchers Facebook page</a>.Len Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557589630563147529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-91958780970171627842014-07-12T14:08:00.000-07:002014-07-12T14:08:03.241-07:00Manchester Urban Sketchers goes to Liverpool for 44th World Wide Sketchcrawl <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.428571429; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I found a brief but interesting history of what and where the Lambananas came from <a href="http://www.superlambanana.eu/history.html" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bf5609; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">here</a>, so I'll spare you the babbling I would otherwise go into trying to explain it myself. The Lambananas are in short, an epic fusion of the present and future, science and art, a banana and a sheep. The last bit is just my two cents...</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.428571429;">I obviously had to soon get over my fascination and start sketching but the sheer geometry of this place was quite sharp and cold. I suppose I always prefer places with more variation in perspective and architectural detail so good job the aforementioned sculptures were there to infuse the experience with a bit of fun.</span></div>
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<br />Simone Ridyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621483554554107620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-67769222104695848312014-05-09T12:55:00.000-07:002014-05-09T15:18:49.575-07:00Sketch Your World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For my dad it was always cigars before he gave them up. Then stem
gingers became the default present for birthdays and Christmases.
Happily for me – since I started drawing last year – the latest
sketching book comes my way on these occasions. I just have to drop a
hint as to which one and my partner and children are happy to oblige.
Problem solved.<br />
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James Hobbs’ Sketch Your World was on my wish
list for my latest birthday and, some months later, it still has prime
spot on my bedside table. I am still unearthing nuggets of creative
wisdom.<br />
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Like our very own <a href="http://www.simoneridyard.co.uk/" target="_blank">Simone</a> and Caroline, James is a
correspondent on the <a href="http://www.urbansketchers.org/" target="_blank">Urban Sketching main site </a>where he’s described as a
freelance journalist and artist. He’s a former editor of Artists &
Illustrators Magazine and has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing
Prize. <br />
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I’ve admired his work for some time. One evening some
months ago I even took my Sharpie marker and tried unsuccessfully to
emulate his distinctive style. Not even close, but that’s how you learn,
right?<br />
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As you might expect from someone who combines ‘new’ technology with his hand-drawn sketches, there’s a section on digital tools. ‘Drawing’ on the phone or tablet is not for me just yet. So much of my professional time is in front of a screen I really don’t want to spend precious leisure time doing the same. Besides, I’m enjoying the very basics of making marks on paper. Maybe it’s a bit like the Kindle versus the smell-and-the-feel of-a-real-book debate.<br />
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Increasingly relevant to me is when James talks about time. ‘How long have you got?’ he asks. And it’s so true. I think a lot of people use a lack of time as their excuse for not drawing. And yet it is easy enough to find five or ten minutes even on the busiest of days. I have a couple of books on the go: a small one for the ‘quickie’ on the bus or train and a larger version for the more considered attempt. Actually I’ve lately taken to dividing a page in the larger book into smaller squares which does the trick too.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoegRgpiCHdKxZQMFjERuBVReG4xu7R4psfztlpYQ2SuITTn8HPR9oCdtBjnNWGodjMGo3T72_uylPJwec1eBDZQi9vMW-DSigeaFmb6XUby2wHaLLJUUTCir2OAJuI-p5WApKsrb_G1g/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-05-09+at+20.42.35.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoegRgpiCHdKxZQMFjERuBVReG4xu7R4psfztlpYQ2SuITTn8HPR9oCdtBjnNWGodjMGo3T72_uylPJwec1eBDZQi9vMW-DSigeaFmb6XUby2wHaLLJUUTCir2OAJuI-p5WApKsrb_G1g/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-05-09+at+20.42.35.png" height="432" width="640" /></a>One of the contributors, university lecturer, <a href="http://www.stevewilkin.co.uk/" target="_blank">Steve Wilkin</a> talks about keeping up with his drawing by sketching his fellow train passengers on his daily commute: “In all the years I’ve been doing it, nobody has ever come over and asked me to stop,” he says. That’s good to know. His portraits are wonderful and Steve offers encouragement and advises us all to just keep doing it... we will improve. That’s good to know, too!<br />
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This book hits the spot again and again for me. It inspires you to keep going, keep looking, try new techniques and it sets you off investigating established sketchers. Better than <a href="http://www.lakeland.co.uk/41501/Dark-Chocolate-Coated-Ginger?gclid=CKTj_cXOn74CFfQQtAodJhMAmA&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!52965963491!!!g!48740035164!&ef_id=UlBDRAAAAKlaKW4P:20140509195027:s" target="_blank">stem gingers</a> any day.<br />
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Sketch Your World by James Hobbs<br />
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<br />Len Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557589630563147529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-52919057383145080772014-04-27T12:07:00.000-07:002014-04-27T14:37:41.337-07:00Urban Sketchers Manchester draw at Chorlton's Big Green Happening<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Urban
Sketchers Manchester were invited to sketch at the 'Big Green Happening'
festival in Manchester yesterday. It was at St Clement's church, which
is in Chorlton - a leafy cosmopolitan south Manchester suburb, and the
event was about promoting sustainability and a greener way of life. Lots
of really interesting eco-businness in attendance including quirky
craft stalls, delicatessens, vegan food, craft beer, organic wines,
bicycle repairs and ethical fashion…and as the website says the event
was promoting...'campaigners, makers, doers, growers, educators and
builders'. It was a really friendly family orientated event...how nice
on a lovely spring afternoon which was perfect urban sketching weather! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's
my drawing from the afternoon (too much talking...much of it about
urban sketching rather than drawing in my case!) and also a photograph
of us with our finished drawings in the sunshine.</span><br />
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Simone Ridyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621483554554107620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-1444733845734849072014-04-23T06:46:00.001-07:002014-04-27T12:07:39.312-07:00Welcome to Urban Sketchers ManchesterWelcome to our Urban Sketchers Manchester blog. Here you will find information about us and our events, the next of which is at Chorlton's Big Green Happening at St Clement's Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton on Saturday 26th April. Meet us outside the church at 2pm. All welcome, no experience necessary, just bring drawing materials. We'll be refining the blog over the next few weeks so please bear with us until we're completely up and running. In the meantime if you wish to contact us please email <a href="mailto:urbansketchersmanchester@outlook.com">urbansketchersmanchester@outlook.com </a>Simone Ridyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621483554554107620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148947096164730778.post-46194698921323810022014-02-19T14:04:00.000-08:002014-02-19T14:07:13.936-08:00Sketching the BBC Philharmonic.Caroline had allowed her collage/drawing of Ordsall Hall to be used by the BBC Philharmonic for a poster and flyer of their upcoming local events, and so in return she has permission to spend a couple of days drawing the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in rehearsal, at their home in Media City, Salford. I'm her plus one.<br />
For those who haven't attended a performance, the studio is a tall, cavernous white space, large enough to hold 60+ musicians comfortably, with a bank of seating for a small audience. The orchestra are in rehearsal, so the atmosphere and clothing is informal, although there is a tangible sense of their professionalism and concentration in the air. The conductor, a flamboyant Italian, is an old friend of the orchestra and popular with the musicians. There are fascinating hierarchies at work. Rehearsals begin with short passages, instructions to sub groups flying in a mixture of English and musical Italian.<br />
To begin with we draw from the seating, self consciously nervous of dropping pencils or making loud noises with our paper, but welcoming smiles from the musicians put us at ease. In a break, a kindly violinist, who we've met before, takes us for a tea in the band room, and on a lightning trip in the lift to the top of the building. We look down on the new Coronation Street set, now visible across the Ship Canal. Despite my fear of heights, this would be a great place to sketch from!<br />
Time passes too quickly, and the first day's efforts don't feel like anything special. There is such a clutter of chairs, coats, music stands and instruments that it feels difficult to focus.<br />
On the second day we're aware of the public queuing for recordings of the Jeremy Kyle show in an adjoining studio- from the sublime to the ridiculous! Working on larger paper helps, with the confidence to add some colour, and I move down nearer the double bass players for a different perspective, the power of the music is overwhelming. Yesterday Strauss, today Tchaikovsky. <br />
The musicians make kind comments about our work, and recognise each other in our sketches. I feel that a week or more would be needed to get to grips with such a wonderful subject, and we hope to return at some point.<br />
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Alastair Price.<br />
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