It has been a long, long time since I engage in one of the Virtual Paintouts. After joining the Urban Sketchers I have exclusively sketched on location, but tonight i was bored and wanted to practice with the bamboo pen.
This month the group is sketching via Google Street View at Isle of Man. I only had heard before of the place because it is home to my former side job, Pokerstars… Here’s my sketch for tonight, done with a bamboo pen, a kabob skewer and Higgins ink on 11×14 smooth Bristol board.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:03 am
Fantastic. I love the darks in the water. It shows the shine on the water in other areas. Liz steel was in Singapore with the USK ppl there, and she brought us all bamboo pens back with her.
January 9th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Thanks Wendy. I’m really excited about the bamboo pen (and even the kabob skewer!). My wife jokes that after spending hundreds of dollars on brushes, pens and markers now I prefer a stick…
January 7th, 2013 at 10:40 am
Beautiful sketch with great composition and use of white space. I love it.
January 9th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Thanks so much my friend. Congratulations on your anniversary, big hugs to you and Pam.