For the first time over two years I have met with Urban Sketchers Melbourne.
They did not meet up in our year of lockdown in Melbourne. In normal times I have my art classes on Saturdays and I rest on Sundays to refocus and revitalise for my working week. This means that I do not get to attend events.
There was the added bonus, in that the event was in my local suburb, so I did not have to catch public transport. I am still uncomfortable with the level of non-mask wearing on public transport even though it is compulsory. It was lovely not to have to wear a mask outside.
There was a sense of normality with a sketch group. It was 15 degrees, chilly but not nasty weather. We had been advised it was on a crossroad and could get cold. By the end of the morning, I was chilled to the core.
We met at 11.00 am . I set my phone timer for 30 minutes. We were at the corner of Gisborne and Albert streets East Melbourne. I spent 30 minutes at three corners, capturing what I could while chatting to Evelyn Yee. The 16 of us then had a ” throwdown” and photoshoot and chat catch up at 1.00pm.
As I said, It was wonderful to feel normal again !
Your sketches are very good and I love the photographs taken of the Urban Sketchers. Beautiful background shots of the city and the Cathedral.
Thank you ! It was SO GOOD to be sketching. Urban Sketchers always do a group photo at the end of the event. We also have a “thrown down” where we all put our sketchbooks down, open at a page for a photo. It would be sometimes good to browse through some of the sketchbooks. There are so many different styles and different people choose different scenes.
Good to see that you could get out to a meeting again. Yep that outside sketching is getting a bit chilly at this time of year. Love the way you have laid your pages out. BTW are you using a hot press paper?
Thanks Leonie – I might sketch again with you one day! The MOleskine watercolour sketchbooks are 200 gsm and cold pressed