Dublin Sketchers : Smock Alley Theatre on Wood Quay

Joined the Dublin Sketchers today for some drawing at the Smock Alley Theatre on Wood Quay in Dublin.

At the end of the session I did some really quick drawings (A4) with a Sharpie pen, a promarker and a red pencil...and I really like these drawings...I really feel like filling a sketchbook with stuff like that...it's just one of those things that "clicks". I'm sure most people might think it's ugly or whatever, but I think if something clicks with you, then just go with it! Because if something is fun to do, you'll do lots of it and it'll be very enjoyable....and inevitably you'll become better.

Just before this I did a semi laboured pencil drawing....and actually the most important reason for why this drawing might look interesting is because I explored some thumbnails for composition first (included below that).

267: Dublin Sketchers @ St. Stephens Green

My first attempt at a location sketch with watercolor, lots of milage to cover so let's get our sketchbooks dirty!

220: Dublin Sketchers @ St. Stephens Green

These were done with the Dublin sketchers @ st. Stephens Green and Cafe En Seine.

I am playing around with my sketches in Photoshop to get ideas for future sketchbook drawings, the original is below:

Tim, a fellow sketcher who also goes to life drawing:

Here's a funny breasted man taking his dog out and a man in the cafe with very flobby lips :)

Here's another Photoshop edit with original drawing below. Looked like Hugh Jackman selling ice cream :

Here's a family with the kid desperately trying to grab the attention of his parents with flying Coke bottles. Unfortunately they left so I didn't get to work on a more finished drawing.

175: Stephens' Green Outdoor Sketching

155: Dublin City Sketchers

I joined the Dublin sketchers for the first time. We were going to do some drawings in the Dublin City Hall, but it was closed so I mostly ended up drawing in the Arlington Hotel bar. Got to meet some really nice people and saw some interesting art from everybody :)

Here are some of the sketchges I did: