Travel Sketches: England

Did a quick sketch of the Tower Bridge one day. I kept looking around for Parliment since I had recently watched the new Sherlock Holmes movie and in it the two structures were right next to each other . . .  turns out you can't really trust Hollywood.

Travel Sketches: England

Spent some time in the Kensington area. Had a very nice small neighborhood sort of feel.

Travel Sketches: England

For all those who follow this blog (and you know who you are) sorry for not posting for a while. I'm gonna' blame it on being out of the country for the last two weeks.
Just got back from an inspiration trip to England. Saw a lot of great sites, hung out in some great museums and did more than a bit of sketching. It's the latter that I'll be posting for a while.

This first is from the Camden Town locks. I've never seen one of these actually working before so it's pretty cool to watch boats as they "step" up and down the river.
Plus there's a ton of fairly odd shopping in that district.

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Recent observations on paper. The location I did this page in was so dark these almost qualify as blind contour drawings. I would like to note that the faux-hawk girl and the guitar guy are rendered from careful observation -- you can't make this stuff up.

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If you haven't yet come across James Gurney's (of Dinotopia fame) blog it's worth checking out.
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com

Recently he's been posting some discussions on lighting that are concise and informative.

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Illustration Friday: Early

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Recent Sketch: Inkjet Transfer

Tried out a little inkjet transfer technique.
Surprisingly easy (if a little messy)

- Simply print out a photo/sketch/whatever onto a piece of paper from your inkjet printer.
- Lay it inkside down onto a piece of watercolor paper.
- Spray both sheets with water.
- Burnish the print to transfer the ink.
- Discard inkjet print and keep playing with the image!

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