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Hi

Here r some of the results from my first Sketchcrawl, what started out as a grey and miserable day ended up being productive and very enjoyable.....can't wait for the next one.

View from the head of the river pub (colour was finished at home)


Christ Church Meadow


Bonn Square


Natural History Museum


Natural History Museum


The Vault Cafe


The King's Arms

Wow great linework, great compositions! Looks like you had a good day.

Wow was my first thought. Very complex drawing. Looks like a great day.
alidir

Hello all,

had a fantastic day yesterday, can't wait for the next one. Here's my sketches:

Amazing sketches!!!
I especially love allenpirabu's "Bonn Square"and "Natural History Museum".
Every sketches are very nice.
And adammurphy's watercolors are good! I like tree , street and insect.
Thank you for sharing.

Wow!!!
It is very wonderful!!
I am glad for your sketches to be seen.
Good stimulation was gotten.
Thank you.

Wonderful sketches!!!!

I'm blown away by these sensational sketches! Let's have another sketchcrawl tomorrow!!!

Wow Wow! What talented people you guys are! beautiful perspective, nice angle and on top that I love people's gestures and facial expressions. Both ink sketches and colored ones.

ah, amazing work! what a treat to see your results and what a variety. great sketches everyone!

Hi all,

This was my first sketch crawl, and I can't wait to do a few more. I didn't start until mid-afternoon, so my selection is a little more limited.

I started at the Radcliffe Camera, and experimented with a new tool -- a Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen. These contain India ink, and present it in the form of a marker pen with a brush-style nib. Took me a little while to get used to it (and to get used to sketching in public -- something I hadn't done since high school). Here are some of my sketches from around the cafe at the Radcliffe:



We moved on to the King's Arms pub for a drink, which was a great venue for further exploring my new artist pen, this time concentrating on portraits (both of fellow artists and other patrons):



Later, we moved onto the Oxford University Natural History Museum, which was brilliant. Loads of dinosaur fossils that were excavated from in and around Oxford. (It was so much fun that I actually spent Easter Monday there again, just checking out the fossils!) This time, I augmented the artist pen with a set of water soluble colours markers, Tombo ABT markers, watered down with a Pentel water pen. Again, this was new territory for me, but I reallt enjoyed the results:



We compared sketches at Border's Starbucks, then went our separate ways. A number of us ended up at the Gardener's Arms in Jericho, where we chatted and sketched for a couple of hours more. I took the opportunity to capture Allen and Christina, two of my fellow Sketch Crawlers:



All-in-all, a fun day!

JP

What a productive day you all had. Love the strong linework and subjects you have all chosen. I am inspired for the next sketchcrawl !

Great work!! It's clear you had absolutely a lot of fun!!

Shanghailady

Allen - These are wonderful ink drawings!! The ones of Bonn Square and the Museum are so detailed. Great job!

Adam - Impressive colection of sketches! You got so many done...and done well. I think the city sketches are my favorite.

JP - Your portraits are excellent! Looks like you had a lot of success with the new media you used. Wonderful job on the dinosaur!

The line work is perfect with a splash of color!