The theme of this week’s Sketchers’ challenge was fruit so I decided to have a go at another video tutorial and the fruits of my labour you can find on the “info sheets” page of this website  (or Youtube). But I thought it might be of interest to post the photo below showing that these things need a little practice! It took Pat and I a couple of hours to achieve a video of 4-5 mins that we were happy with. By the end of the session I was somewhat up to my ears in pear pi Read More »

Further to the info sheet on drawing boats I thought I would post another couple of pages of boat drawings. One a fairly straightforward couple of boat drawings/sketches and the other four, well almost “doodled”, fishing boats just made up from my head  & knowledge of the variety of boats out there. Actually quite a satisfying drawing and bit of fun at the same time! ... Read More »

Ahead of next Sunday’s boat drawing challenge for Wirral Urban sketchers I have prepared some info sheets on drawing boats and even filmed a short video on the “figure of 8 method of drawing boats” this is a fun excercise which you can find in the  info sheets section of this website. The sheet below provides a few tips on the same basis  for those who may be a little unsure of the shapes and forms to use. Read More »