Hi Everyone,
Just sharing some of my sketches from Saturday's sketchcrawl at the Natural History Museum in London - enjoy!
Neil, Molly and Chris, your work is looking wonderful! You've all managed to capture the energy and atmosphere of the museum really well - I think I would have struggled with the scenes that you all attempted.
Until next time,
Ayesha
I really enjoyed attending my first sketchcrawl last Saturday. 7 of us met up at the Natural History Museum in London for a day of drawing (and painting, in my case!) First, we headed to the bird gallery, where I couldn't resist sketching this Dodo replica. It is so fluffy, it looks like a sheep-bird! It's sad to think that such a beautiful animal is now extinct.
For this sketch, I used pencil, 0.2 waterproof marker and Chinese stick ink on khadi paper. It was a challenge to keep my inks and materials balanced on my sketchbook while painting - but all part of the fun!
After lunch, we headed off to different areas of the museum. Although there was so much to see and draw amongst the exhibits, I love the architecture of the museum - it's my favourite building in London. So I chose to sketch this stained glass window. It took me some time to work out the geometry of the glass panels, but it was very satisfying.
As the afternoon wore on, the light began to fade and glass changed colour. I haven't done it justice, but I hope that a little of that subtlety is captured in this sketch.
Pencil, 0.2 waterproof marker, watercolour and Chinese stick ink on khadi paper.
Last November, I attempted sketching this Plesiosaur fossil. I love its texture, and the patterns created by the shape of its bones.
Pencil, 0.2 waterproof marker and Chinese stick ink on khadi paper.
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