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Sketch of Paul Dibble’s Plains Pioneer sculpture

We stopped in Ngatea for about 10 minutes today, and I took the opportunity to do this quick sketch. Here’s a photo of the sculpture, from the other side.

Posted byChris Lovie-Tyler3 April 20213 April 2021Posted insketchingTags:art, drawing, graphite, paul dibble, pencil, sculpture, sketchesLeave a comment on Sketch of Paul Dibble’s Plains Pioneer sculpture

Mission Bay clock tower at night

It’s a small clock tower, but I like how it looks lit up with neon at night. I did a quick pencil sketch, made a few colour and other notes, and applied coloured pencil at home.

Posted byChris Lovie-Tyler2 April 20212 April 2021Posted insketchingTags:art, coloured pencil, drawing, nocturnes, outdoor sketch, pencil, sketchesLeave a comment on Mission Bay clock tower at night

The car

This was meant to be our Toyota Ipsum, so the perspective and proportions are quite out of whack, but it was a fun quick sketch. I find that, for certain subjects, if I use too small a piece of paper (this was A4), and I start too big, I end up squashing things up. ProbablyContinue reading “The car”

Posted byChris Lovie-Tyler27 March 202128 March 2021Posted insketchingTags:art, drawing, graphite, pencil, sketches2 Comments on The car

Silhouette of the neighbour’s roof at night

I saw this silhouette from inside, on the same night as I did the night-time sketches. I really like the atmosphere created by the very close values at night.

Posted byChris Lovie-Tyler27 February 202127 February 2021Posted insketchingTags:art, drawing, graphite, nocturnes, outdoor sketch, pencil, sketchesLeave a comment on Silhouette of the neighbour’s roof at night

Night-time sketches

For fun, I went outside the other night and did some sketches. I could barely see what I was doing (I didn’t have a torch, only the moonlight), so I focused on the subject, and did them very quickly. I actually quite like how some of them came out—especially some of the marks I made.

Posted byChris Lovie-Tyler27 February 2021Posted insketchingTags:art, drawing, graphite, nocturnes, outdoor sketch, pencil, sketchesLeave a comment on Night-time sketches

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