One Sketch 296) Anita Klein - Sad Dog

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
What is quite as nice
As a cuddle with
A warm pup?

OK - featured artist on the Sketching Every Day group - artist Anita Klein. I picked a sketch of hers called Sad Dog - you can see my copy of it above. And that's about it for sketch 296

One Sketch 295) Amsterdam Tram

Why don't you be
like I am?
Go to Amsterdam
And ride the tram.

Gotta be honest, I'm getting closer to where I want to be and what I want to do with line and wash. That too on a sketchbook which is the largest I have - which is all to the good, but is so absorbent it's really difficult to paint on.

One Sketch 294) Illuminated letter D

Believe me , it must be quite a sight
To see such lovely letters
Made of light.

Sketching Every Day prompt today - illuminated letter. I copied this D, but I'm not feeling well today with my winter cold, and so didn't have the oomph to try to colour it in.

One Sketch 293) Prague Tram

Want to know why I'm happy
as I am?
Cos it's Spring
It's Prague
And I'm sketching a tram

Well, not now obviously, but I did while I was there, and that was the inspiration for today's sketch. Well, that and the fact that I was so pleased with yesterday's Budapest tram sketch. What, you want a comparison with sketches I made on the trip itself. Oh, go on then, ere you go:-

One Sketch 292) No. 2 Tram by the banks of the Danube in Budapest

By the banks of the Danube Blue
You can ride on a lovely tram too

Blimey, that's a terrible verse. Still, the picture isn't so bad. The scanner doesn't bring out all the colours perfectly, but at least I think you can see that I'm getting more confident in using watercolour in an urban sketching style.

I visited Budapest back in the tail end of 2017. I liked what I saw, but I just wasn't there long enough to really do anything more than think about scratching the surface. I did ride on some trams though! And sketch them too - here's the 2 line sketches I made during the trip: -

One Sketch 291) Tower Bridge

Maybe it's because
I'm a Londoner.
- No maybe about it.

Okay, so, the prompt on Sketching Every Day today was - famous or not so famous landmark. Well, I'm very sorry , but whenever I hear the word landmark, my first thought is normally of my hometown of London. Yeah, I haven't lived in London for over 30 years, but I was born there, I grew up there, and I went to London University. You can take me out of London, but you can't take London out of me. I quite like to compare this to a sketch I made of Tower Bridge last year -

Now, this isn't a bad sketch. I quite like the sky. But I'd like to think I'm now using colour more effectively.

One Sketch 290) (Wednesday 9th January) Cathays Cemetery

While all around
The dear departed sleep
Carved in stone above them
Angels weep

I rather like cemeteries. Didn't used to, but then that's hardly surprising is it? Cathays cemetery in Cardiff is a very good place to go if you're looking for a bit of peace and solitude, and some fine statuary to sketch as well.