September 30 x 30 # 30 Street in Oxford

September 30 x 30 # 30 Street in Oxford

Reference fro RIL at WetCanvas... Back-lit figures in a street in Oxford. Loved the diagonal lines and of course the patterns.  These last three sketches were done very quickly and if I want to capture the essence of any scene I have to do it quickly...

Really feel that this challenge has been a big help.. felt that my pencil was traveling over the paper sometimes with a will of its own....

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 29 Market Stalls

September 30 x 30 # 29 Market Stalls

This is from the same reference as the post #28... did some close cropping....

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 28 Market Street Scene

September 30 x 30 # 28 Market Street Scene

This has been a real challenge this month.  As I stated on the post for Day 1 this month is really crowded with events so I decided from the beginning I would do mainly quick sketches  in pencil on a small format 5 x 7 in my 90 grm Canson sketchpad... so I have succeeded in doing the 30 sketches by the 21st of September!!!

By the time this post will be published I will be traveling in Morocco hopefully doing some sketching and of course lots of photos. I still have a fear of sketching in public places which I hope to overcome. Keep telling myself this is a once in a lifetime experience... but also since its a group trip don't know how much time I'll have...

Because this month there are all the High Holidays + Shabbat etc lots of shopping/food preparing/family gatherings along with shopping for my trip which leaves day after Yom Kippor.. So I started early and today finished the last three sketches... scanned and ready for blogging and scheduling... I have mixed feeling about these last sketches but I have to distance myself from them for a fresh view.  Tried to capture the essence of the scene and the tonal patterns. The references for these last sketches are from RIL library at WetCanvas, a really great source for reference images,

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 18 Street Scene

September 30 x 30 # 18 Street Scene

The reference for this sketch comes from an interesting documentary from the BBC called Fake or Fortune.  These documentaries show various art pieces that may be originals or fakes.  This scene came from the video about 3 small paintings by the English painter Laurence Stephen "L. S." Lowry.  I took some screenshots of the street scenes. Clip from the series.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad