The Sketchbook Project

My favourite spread from the book.

I participated in the Sketchbook Project, a project that is based out of Brooklyn, New York. The participants of the project choose one of several themes offered and fill the supplied sketchbook with the theme. I chose "life underground". I can't say it's my best work, but it allowed me not to over think every line I put down. Plus, I procrastinated too much and meeting the deadline also forced me to just put images down on paper. Some images are a stretch from the theme but that's ok with me. A fun project and now it's time to concentrate on my oils.

sketchbook 28/08/09

With the threat of rain, I returned to the ROM for some guaranteed sketching in dry conditions.

I found another sketcher in the gallery that was to be my haunt for the next few hours and decided to sketch her. She was a really good sport about it, but she left before I got her name. So a big thanks to this sketcher girl for holding still for me on Aug. 28.

On another note, as I was working on another sketch, a girl came up to me and asked if I was being paid for all this sketching. I said no, but I think that's a great idea!!! So for any ROM employees who happen to read this, and have the power to hire me as an in-house artist, just email me... I won't bite.

sketchbook 14/08/09

Ok, it's official, i suffered a bit of museum burnout. I think going there 4 straight days is enough for the immediate future. However, I got to know one security guard a bit and we chatted about his art, my art and life in general. That's another facet of sketching in public I enjoy, and that's the interaction with people.

So I rejigged my thinking and instead of jumping into a piece that had a more finished feel, I chose to warm up with a quicky sketch and then just progressed down the line of images.


I chose to revisit the ASain wing and sketch it from another angle. I find drawing spaces repeatedly from different angles makes me understand it better and fill in things that I missed previously. I also had the objective of drawing in people. My one problem is that they keep on moving and so a quick, base watercolour gesture was drawn in and the details added after I was happy with the gesture.