Day 6

Yesterday's paltry day of sketching

Day 5

Day 4

Today I started sketching at Tower Grove Park. The weather
was pleasant with a slight chill, but not anything a warm
jacket wouldn't take care of. The fall colors were just
beginning to change this week. People were out relaxing on
the grass and looking up at the sky.

It seems strange perhaps to go to the same location repeatedly,
but things are always changing, especially this time
of year. At first I was not paying attention to contrast
and the division in thirds of value, but soon I picked up
on this habit again and carried through the remainder of
the day's sketching.




I got one color sketch off before deciding that the sketch
book I was using was not very suited for watercolor.
It is sturdy paper, but not absorbent.









After the park, I ended up at Panera Bread on Grand Avenue
after making a brief stop at Dunaway Books.



There were some cool red Chinese style lamps that would
have made a fun full watercolor study. A medium sized
watercolor sketchbook is in my near future, I can tell.



By this time, I was really getting warmed up. I can tell
by the last drawing below that things were comming off
much faster.



It's maddness, I know, but than I was off to Mokabes
which has an entirely different atmosphere. It's smoky
as well, so usually I don't go.










I think in the future it might be good to not
just go for volume, but work up to some more
developed pieces.

Sketched around town - Saint Louis, MO

Day 3





MetroLink Station, wind sculptures at Shrewsbury Station,
Woman with dog, Light through the train window and Man
grinding coffee at Kaldis on Demun Ave. I liked the lady
with the dog wrapped in a blanket. It really wasn't that
cold out.





I was at Kaldi's Coffee for a Chinese Meetup, but nobody
showed but me so I drew people at the window. Then
I caught some underground MetroLink Station dwellers.

 

Sketching in the Rain - Saint Louis, MO

Day 2

I drew these while standing on the MetroLink platform
in Saint Louis, MO Central West End Station. Despite
having an umbrella, I got little splish-splashes of rain
here and there adding to the general sketchy sense of
the moment.



It's always a fun challenge to draw while the raindrops
are falling on your paper and the ink doesn't always
want to flow out of the pen the way you would like.

Figure Drawing 101 @ Manzo's Place

Day 1

Manzo's Figure Drawing 101:

"Lively, supportive, and helpful group of drawers open
to all levels of artists and media. Informal but intense
atmosphere to draw in. Good work, good times, good
music, and good folks.

We have two female models for the evening: Sabrina
and Wendy. It should be a good evening of drawing.
Next up: Rayna and a male model (to be determined)"



I did these last night at Chris Manzo's Figure Drawing 101.

The models were great as was the lighting. There were
plenty of new people and the food... Thank goodness after
a day of starving myself and operating simply on coffee.

Metro Sketches