Friday 1 January 2016

12 favourite sketches from 2015

Looking back at sketches from 2015 - asked myself to pick one from each month.

Jan 2015 One of my first few tweeted sketches and of a building I had noticed when I had first moved to Reading.

Feb 2015 - My favourite sketch from the evening Life Drawing Wednesdays  at Jelly run by the amazing Mark Andrew Webber

Mar 2015 - This started out as a request from  for 'Aliens taking tea with a rabbit' but became the picture for a group I ended up creating on Facebook to encourage friends and others to draw.

Apr 2015 -  Drawing a florist at work live (Sonning flowers)  was really enjoyable as I have been a part-time florist myself. This was the one of the first sketches I had to cut out and scan and give away - a very liberating act that I didn't think I could manage.
May 2015 - I love this sketch for many reasons including that it was the first one I've done using a drawing app and my finger that I really liked. Even so, I did the date wrong/American style - it was done in May
June 2015 - Feeding ducks in the rain.

July 2015 Sydney Padua speaking live at RYND for Reading Skeptics in the Pub
Aug 2015 - Watching the magnificent Bikini Beach Band at a private party was fun. Drawing them was hard.
Sept 2015 - Having a cuppa tea at the new Cup Reading was lovely esp the teapot
Oct 2016 Some commuters catch your eye because of their poses or their faces and it's nice to try different ways of the same poses (they are always sleeping, on a device or reading - staring out of the window is rare.). I am sure I have drawn this person before so have a fondness for him.
Nov 2016
A request for 'A friendly robot carrying a teddy - oh, and Columbo' - I love doing these collaborative drawings as it feels like a joint creation.

Dec 2016 - Watching Slow TV for Xmas was inspring. Done on new coloured cards.
The first time I saw slow tv was in May when it covered the Kennet and Avon canal.