Sketchbook Drawings From Colored Pencils After The Trip!

While I did take this sketchbook with me my on our recent trip to the USA, I was right in thinking that I would not likely get much sketching or painting done! In fact I ran down to the beach on the last day just to do one quick watercolor so that carrying the sketchbook around would not have been pointless! If you want to include creativity beyond photography on any trip it does mean having that time to yourself, being very quick with that sketching and making it a priority, which may or may not be important to you, depending on your everyday practice? Not to worry, there is a time for everything, so when I started to go through all the photos I’d taken I decided to do some quick sketches of some of the San Francisco landmarks using a palette of blue colored pencils. Something not at all par for the course, but I enjoyed this little exercise, and now at least I’ve filled two spreads which relate to our trip. Hmmm, now I think I need to sketch some Victorian houses, or maybe even do some house collages? Ah yes, but the newly purchases paint is calling, so the creative adventure continues!

i started with the Ferry Building and the Golden Gate Bridge…….
And then a Victorian house, The Coit Tower, and the Transamerica Pyramid.
And then that tree decided to bloom and spread its lovely petals all over the place. And that was truly a happy moment, courtesy of my white Posca paint pen!