Nouvelle France

Every year at the end of August, a small part of the Old Port becomes Nouvelle France. This is  the first time I went to try and sketch the costumes. It was harder than anticipated because of the crowds of people that interfered constantly with my view of the model. I managed few incomplete sketches.

My sketches kept growing on the page, it would seem the faster I wanted to go, the bigger the sketch became. But not necessarily more anatomically correct. I need so much more practice ....

Contour drawings

I got my hands on one of the older books by Charles Reid. That motivated me to try again sketching with one continuous contour line and concentrate on the shadow. Some trials were more successful than others, but overall the experience was surprisingly positive. Previous attempt were more of a struggle and in fact I gave up ... but I will try again more often.

Cityscapes

I went for a walk the other day in the Lachine Canal and stopped for two sketches. I had only pencil with me, later I colored with markers.

Next sketch was cut short - I was in full sun and I could not take it anymore - some buildings are missing.