The Moose Head

The Westchester Urban Sketchers group met today at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT.  There was a good turnout including a couple that are new to urban sketching.  The show and tell at the cafeteria was a success.  Most people left soon after but there were a few who hang out for a little while.  It was during that time that I noticed one of them sketching this moose head hanging on the wall.  I decided to participate and do my own sketch of the moose using the Platinum Carbon Ink Pen with DeAtramentis Document Brown Ink.

Indoor Sketching

There's this tray of beautiful tomatoes begging for me to sketch for days now.  Some are probably the heirloom tomatoes.  What to do?  On a cloudy Monday afternoon, I challenged myself and sketched it.  Borrowing a write up from Julie, a fellow sketcher, here's the procedure.

1.  Figure out how to film and sketch it.
2.  Create the thumbnail using a ballpoint pen.
3.  Sketch the actual piece with a 0.2mm Muji technical pencil.
4.  Play with watercolor.
5.  Add shadows using Tombow pens.
6.  Add fine lines using dip pen and Diamine Grey ink (not waterproof until dry) for the tray wires.
7.  Savor the result of the challenge.  See the 0:17 second video at the end of this post.

The Final Video clip.

The work in process.