One Sketch 298) Kaunas Old Town

Sleepy streets shiver,
waiting for late spring
To breathe life
Into dusty cobbles.

This is an ink and wash of Kaunas old town which I visited back in April, when I certainly did my fair share of shivering in the springtime. Pretty Place, though.

One Sketch 297) (Wednesday 16th January) Dragon Appreciation!

Although they're not that cuddly
I think I like them most
Although they're quite aggressive
They can help you make great toast.

Silly, sorry. This was the prompt on Sketching Every Day on Wednesday, which is when I made it. It's a copy of an absolutely brilliant drawing I found on the net - this copy really doesn't do it justice, but it's the best that I can do.

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: -