I had great plans to have a time-lapse video of drawing my shoes this week. However, technology got the better of me, so I hope to have it on my blog next week! In the meantime here are my sketches from this week.

After a week of sketching on location for Melbourne Rare Book Week events, I returned to my usual life of work and everyday sketching.

These few are quick sketches. A kookaburra on the ground in the Fitzroy Gardens. He let me get a little close, but I know that They fly off without notice and I knew I needed to get lines down on paper quickly. I used a Faber Castell watercolour pencil. I did not add water to activate the pigment. I have sketched these before and so did not have to think as hard about the basics of body shape. Practicing the same object over again is good for this.

Shoes of commuters on the tram. This is an option for when you can’t sketch faces as you sitting/standing too close.

I had some time to spare before a concert and sketched my shoes. I was planning how I would do this with a camera/phone in place. Next Week !

and at the concert at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library for Infiniti Ensemble. Sketching in the shelves while listening to music and having a glass of wine is a wonderful way to spend a Friday night.

In Melbourne city on the way to work. I started on the telegraph pole. I decided to add the background to give it some context This makes it acceptable to post on the “Urban Sketchers” group page. It is context and telling a story, not just an object on its own. I decided not to add colour. Mainly because I had to get to work!

And finally at Kere Kere Cafe in Fitzroy Gardens. I stayed in the cafe and chatted while others went out in the lovely Melbourne Winter’s Day. Firstly the view out the window.

And then some food.

A lovely week with a variety of sketches and opportunities.

Happy Sketching!