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Back in 4th grade, I remember a classmate asked me if I could draw a cartoon character. I was surprised how it was expected of me. I remember that drawing very vividly to this day. I did and I was amazed how could draw something so complex like a character completely from memory.
I’m sure you did draw things in childhood from memory like Mickey Mouse and other favourite cartoon characters. Then with time, we forget what we are capable of. Everything we see is memorised and we are able to recall and it’s not much different to drawing something from life. It still relies on memory, short term memory, in this case, to be precise.
So on this post, to help you push the comfort zone and the boundaries of your skill, I share with you an exercise that I do at least once a month, in the form of a challenge. It comes in 2 parts.
If you are stuck for ideas or you’d feel more motivated in a group. I recommend you join an @Urbansketchers community – They have regular excellent Free outdoor sketching , painting and drawing events organised all over the world. Urban sketchers Events
Draw Challenge: Do a quick sketch on location and complete the drawing at home or later. From Memory NOT using reference
Difficulty
Easy
Material:
I use a graphite 2B (fast, not very forgiving, but very fast).
Sakura Micron Pens. When I have more time
I use a Charcoal for indoor and when I use a larger paper or sketchbook.
I arrived at this USK event bit late and missed the first meet up, So I walked around to see if I can meet some artists. While walking by the river, I saw an interesting angle to the Royal Naval College
I immediately knew this was an unusual and very interesting angle of view to that building, and the reason is the Thames river at this exact spot curves in for about 15meters and this allows a bit more detail on the two-point perspective view. Still, I’ve walked around the building little more as I always do (to get to know the subject) and see if there is a better or more interesting point of view. I didn’t find a better location to do my sketch, this spot where I first saw the building had the best angle and the least crowd.
You can see below the stages of the final artwork from the first feel light drawing (I will write a spot about this in future and the importance that I make a quick rough sketch before I start any artwork)
The final artwork took 1hr approximately and 15min of initial observation and study walk around the area.
This event in Greenwich was organised by USK London, part of the Global Urban Sketchers Community.
If you are into sketching I’m pretty sure you’ve heard or for sure have attended at least Urban Sketchers events, I’ve joined many groups and communities before, USK has to be one of the best-organised community that is run by volunteers. So this below is my participation at the past Sunday Urban Sketchers in Greenwich event.
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