Strong sunshine lighting the Cowgate today. It’s turning into a lovely afternoon, strong shadows make for good sketching.
I was back sketching on my lunch hour today so time wasn’t on my side, I hope it doesn’t show!
Raindops keep falling
It looks like the last day in May 2012 is going to be a wash out. Brighten up your day by entering my May Print Giveaway.
All you have to do for your chance to receive a high quality giclee A4 print is pick your favourite sketch from the galleries above. Today is your last chance, and a winner will be picked at random on Friday.
Click HERE to enter. Good luck, and stay dry!
Sketches on display
30th May 2012
EdinburghSketcher prints will be on display and for sale at Tidalfire on St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh until 18th June 2012. Drop in to see my sketches framed and mounted and pick yourself a copy of your favourite for only £15. Also on display in the window a montage of sketches framed in an A2 sized mount.
Thanks to all at Tidalfire for letting me hang my work in their gallery space for this three week period. If you have a space available and would like show EdinburghSketcher work then please get in touch.
Smoking bin
Waiting for a bus on the North Bridge and this stinking bin is piled high with stubbed out cigarettes. There must be a couple still lit though as it’s still smoking 🙁
WhereArtI #015
Morning sketchfans, here is another Monday puzzler for you, where was I sketching?
Include hashtag #wherearti with your answers either below, on facebook or twitter. Remember to keep an eye on my facebook page for clues throughout the day. Answers to come by this time tomorrow, and although for now the quiz is just for fun the first three correct answers will get a mention plus a link from my site if you make it onto the wherearti? leaderboard, here
And please remember to forward this on, the more who play the better. Good luck
Shhhh…
… I’m sketching rabbits. Back using a pencil today, I’m waiting on a lift in the glorious Scottish sunshine so am sitting on the glass sketching rabbits, bliss.
Kindergarten sketcher
Tonight a commission from a couple of months ago that I forgot to post, a montage of images from a Kindergarten in Australia, whose manager commissioned this illustration for a long term member of staff when they retired.
I created the montage from photographs sent to me and added the children’s hand prints and the nursery logo in the centre. Keeping the sketch in black ink I thought the use of a single colour picked out the children and made the separate images more recognisable from each other.
A possible new client contacted me recently about a similar commission but for a backpacking expedition, with images from their travels made into a montage. A great idea and one that could be adapted to suit any memory.
If you would like piece of art created from your memories or photographs or would like to discuss further then please get in touch on my email address; contact@www.edinburghsketcher.com
Hearts celebrate
Congratulations to Hearts for lifting the Scottish Cup at the weekend, and commiserations to Hibernian who were runners up in the all Edinburgh final at Hampden. Although I missed the celebratory bus tour through Edinburgh on Sunday I thought I should mark the achievement by one of our teams with a sketch. I found a great picture on flickr taken by Stuart Montgomery, HERE is the original photograph.
WhereArtI #014
The famous #WhereArtI sketch quiz is back this morning, after a 2 month absence due to sketcher sickness but all is well now and here is this morning’s puzzler. An easy one to get you back into it I think…
Include hashtag #wherearti with your answers either below, on facebook or twitter. Remember to keep an eye on my facebook page for clues throughout the day. Answers to come by this time tomorrow, and although for now the quiz is just for fun the first three correct answers will get a mention plus a link from my site if you make it onto the wherearti? leaderboard, here
And please remember to forward this on, the more who play the better. Good luck
A stunning view
It’s hard to believe on a day like today but last week the sun did shine, and we had glorious blue skies above the Firth of Forth.
This is the beautiful view of the Forth Rail Bridge from South Queensferry, a favourite place of ours for a walk along the shore and only 10 minutes away from Edinburgh in the car. And the bridge looks even more splendid since the scaffolding (which was a permanent feature due to constant painting) has come down.
A few facts and figures for you; the overall length of the cantilever bridge is 8296ft, or just over 2.5km and the towers reach 330ft into the blue sky, or 100 metres. Follow this link for more: http://www.forthbridges.org.uk/railbridgefacts.htm
The sketch is black ink with a light watercolour wash over the top.