Naturalia

The monthly meeting of the USK Montreal was at the Biodome - Naturalia room. I am ashamed to confess, but I have never been to the Biodome. Naturalia is free and comfortable to sketch in - there are tables and stools. I will definitely go back.

Santa Teresa street lamps

I am going through the pictures I took in Brazil. Very, very slow process. And I am also trying to sketch them as i go trying to reconstitute the lost sketchbooks.

I spent the last day in Rio in the Santa Teresa neighborhood - I might have mentioned that in a previous post. Around lunch time, a few of us stopped at a small corner coffee shop/neighborhood store for a coffee and a soft drink. Some of us decided to sketch the street lamps. Here is my second version of the lamps:

 I glued an used coffee filter at the bottom of the page to cover up a botched up sketch of a car.

I do like this second sketch, if I say so myself ...

Begginings ...

... of sorts.

I spent one of the last days in Rio in great company - Marc, Lynn, Suhita, Liz , Esther, Beliza and others. They filled sketchbooks (literally!) with great sketches. I blame my lack of success of the scarcity of materials after I lost my sketchbooks and art supplies :)

I had one sketchbook left with Fabriano paper and a felt pen. I worked on spreads - a first for me.
I tried a vertical view, a landscape and a wide perspective.

I am reworking them, trying different media and compositions and also trying to apply what I learned in the workshops. I will probably do a lot of sketching from the photos taken in Brazil, mostly due to my work./school schedule...