In February the chapter met for a sketchcrawl at Insole Court in Cardiff. I was picking my wife up from the airport on the same day, so was unable to make this one. However, I have been sketching every weekend, and quite extensively during a week off from work.
Last week we were scheduled to meet in the Cornerstone Café and Art Gallery in Whitchurch Road Cardiff. One of our own, a highly talented artist called Gary Yeung, from Hong Kong, who travels extensively sketching, has his work on exhibition there, so it made for a suitable venue. The snow last week forced us to postpone until today.
Only three of us made it. Still, this didn't dampen our enthusiasm at all. I produced several sketches across a two page spread -
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| top page - the counter (monochrome) - two line and wash views through the front windows, and a monochrome sketch of a customer head and shoulders |
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| bottom page - the gallery - a nice vase of flowers and two of Gary's pictures. |
Counting the vase and pictures as two separate sketches, that makes a total of 6, which is what I was aiming for, and I'm quite pleased with the way that I've merged the sketches on the top page.
I loved the sketching - I always love sketching, but in particular it's the post mortem which is the best part of the whole thing. If you've never been to a sketchcrawl yourself, the way it works is that you meet at the chosen venue, agree on a time, and then basically off you go and get sketching. Then, at the agreed time you meet back up, and basically show and tell. It's just the best thing, and really invaluable for getting tips from others, advice and encouragement. I'm looking forward to April and just hoping that the date doesn't clash with when I'm abroad.
