Title / Barbican Lunch bag / medium Used black Biro Pen and black permanent marker pen.
This image below is of Sketch of the my Lunch bag where I am in huge hall space that does a lot of events and different activities and the named of the place is called the ( Barbican in East London )
Aims of the Sketch
My aims of the Sketch is to simply get back into the practice of Sketching from basics of not over thinking too much on getting started on Sketching my surroundings to create a collection of sketches that depict a moment of my day to represent where I am to
stay practicing my Sketching skills between my day job and weekends where I am free to practice I want to show you the viewer that you can draw anything any time anywhere if you put say 10 mins of Sketching to start with just to get your practice in.
As I began this sketch my process was to use a grid to mark out a sketch lightly in biro black pen, to gradually start the Sketch with the water bottle, Sketching the water bottle lightly then I worked my
way to sketch the bag with my lunch next then after worked my way around the Sketch to build the image to draw what I see to the best of my ability at this time to always know I can can always do better to Improve my skills.
Barbican Lunch bag / REFERENCE
My Final Conclusions
My Final thoughts are I know I love to draw but sometimes life can get in the way from doing what you love , but for me if you really want to try anything say for example for me it’s sketching for practicing and you’re a beginner or someone with some experience,
I think it’s great to research other artists to find inspiration BUT( imposter syndrome) is so real and you might fall into a comparison trap where you compare your skills where you are now to an Artist of high standard, just know that Artist you might look up
to have practiced for hours and hours and you can do exactly the same, if you create the time in a small way daily, you commit to practicing as much as possible, and keep looking for new ways to sketch on a daily basis wherever you are in this World find a life
drawing group and join it and meet other like minded people from all walks of life to better your confidence to draw and find your enjoyment no matter who you are or where you come from
If you have any questions hit me up in the comments or the emails I’ll do my best to help you as much as I can.
The image of a person sitting in a chair in a hotel lobby is a perfect example of a scene that can be captured through life drawing. The person in question could be a guest waiting for a friend, a business traveler checking their emails, or simply someone taking a break from their day. Whatever the reason, the person sitting in the chair provides an excellent opportunity for an artist to observe and document the human form in a relaxed and natural setting.
As an artist, observing and capturing the human form requires an eye for detail and the ability to pick up on nuances that may seem insignificant at first glance. Perhaps it’s the way the person is sitting – are they slouching, or is their back straight as an arrow? Maybe it’s the curves of their body, or the small, everyday gestures that they make while waiting. Whatever it is that catches your eye, life drawing allows you to capture these small but significant details that make the person in the chair unique.
To create a successful life drawing of a person sitting in a chair in a hotel lobby requires careful observation, skillful use of light and shadow, and an understanding of the body’s proportions. As the artist, you must start by creating a rough sketch, mapping out the basic lines and shapes of your subject before adding in more detail. Then, you can gradually begin to add shadows and shading, giving the drawing depth and dimension.
Overall, drawing a person sitting in a chair in a hotel lobby is a delightful way to practice your skills in life drawing. It provides an atmosphere that is both relaxed and dynamic, providing the artist with the challenge of capturing a subject in motion while having an opportunity to observe people in an everyday setting. With time and effort, you can make your life drawings of people in chairs at hotel lobbies beautiful, detailed, and highly realistic.
WEST CROYDON TRAIN PLATFORM SUPPORT (PHOTOSHOP VERSION)
Hi guys I’m with another repost episode from my previous sketch from episode 10 and if you remember I was at a train platform at hometown Croydon, and just before the train came to take me to east London and I’m sure all over the UK have Object too, at train stations , so I sketched the image of the platform across me, where there is
a disability board that’s used on the trains in London, to help those that are wheelchair bound, and this long rectangle object helps the train staff aid the wheelchair bound passengers on the train, and I think this object is brilliant at the station to have, this is what I came up with.
If there’s any questions that you or if there’s anyway I can help or aid please hit my website emails or comments an I’ll get to you when I can thanx for visiting my website blog.
GOING HOME TONIGHT (PHOTOSHOP)Hey Guys this is another episode redone in Photoshop, this was bit of challenge because when I first sketched this image from episode 7 I was sketching what I saw and the hand anatomy as a little off so I had to correct a few things on the hand in digital on the character so I enjoyed this Digital process because it was learning experience to give improving no matter what an if you have any questions that you wanna ask please email me, or leave a comment.
LUNCH TIME SKETCH OUTSIDE THE WINDOW CARS (PHOTOSHOP)
Hello Guys if you’ve reached this far on my blog Journey you will see I’ve done this sketch before this is the Photoshop version of (Lunch time Sketch windows cars) and here I really enjoyed the process layers in Photoshop to build your image is so so important if you got a question and you want my assistance or some Art done hit my email or comments, and lets talk.
This is another repost of my Traditional Art to Digital series with episodes and here I’m at one of my favorite spots in London a Lounge Hotel called Shoreditch One Hundred this is my sketch bag if you been through, my blog you would have seen this in the earlier episodes this is a Photoshop updated and i’ve enjoyed making this if there’s any questions you have please a comment below and I’ll get to you when I can.
If you have been following my blog from the beginning then you would have seen this familiar art sketch from the blog an today here you an updated digital photoshop version so here it is.
Flower plant Holborn (PHOTOSHOP VERSION)
Hey peeps this is another repost episode 8 as now currant episode 39 and as a reminder this is a previous sketch that I did just before I was going to start my day on a night shift, and I was in a Lounge before the day was going to start and it was a busy day loads of people, and I was on the couch sketching a lovely plant in front of me where I was, and now this is the photoshop version where I am coloring from a creative expression and I’ve really enjoyed this process this is a good one I like, if you got any questions or need help in a creative way hit my comment box, or hit my email, and i’ll get back to when I can take care appreciate the support comment like and share.
PEDESTRIANS SKETCH PART 3
If you remember I sketched this Pedestrian part 3 sketch the other day well this is the update life drawing where I have used photoshop to create something fresh and new as a start to show a process from sketch observation to making something brand new as an Idea an here’s what I came up with the Process from start to finish is down below if there’s any questions put in it in the comments.
Today I was at London Fields around Hackney London Sketching and I saw this sculpture Dogg around the Area and decided to sketch this and this is what I came up with.
At work on my Lunch table sketching everything in front of me.
Today I sketched an image during my lunch break. And I drew my lunch that I was eating and drinking with , which was a
2 litre mineral water, some yoghurt, and some fish and rice with vegetables. I am in the Cafeteria and the environment,
has a great energy of people around the Cafeteria, I’m sitting here today before I drew this image,
I was not sure what I was going to sketch today as I had a creative roadblock for a short time, and then it hit me, every lunch
everyday is different, so I thought why not sketch what I have bought with me today so this is what I did.
The reason I have sketched what I’ve sketched today is because, before I started this sketch, I thought of doing something
ambitious during my day, but then I thought I only had an hour for lunch, which was not much time,
so I thought to sketch something convenient without much deep thought and sometimes the answers to your questions are staring right back at you.
What I learned from sketching these items, is the lunch that I ate, and drink, boiled rice, with fish and vegetables, is the lunch I make sometimes,
and I always prepare my lunch every night before I leave for work for the following morning, and when it comes to sketching
these items on a lunch break, I use the same preparation in how I prepare my lunch then night before, to have a similar preparation of sketching these
lunch items, that I bought on lunch my break, in how I prepare the composition of
the items on my lunch table, and learning how to multitask between holding my android phone recording, and my sketches while I draw with the other hand,
is a skill that takes great discipline, and if you want to learn anything to be better, you have practice as much as possible and not be afraid to make mistakes.
How I tend to balance whatever time during my day to be spare
is I accept that I work a 9 to 5 job, so between these hours, when I commute to work on a bus, I have time on the bus to
create Which can take me an hour journey into my work place. Then when it comes to my lunch breaks which is around 1 hour
duration of a break, I can always do some sketching if I use my time wisely, and when I go home on the bus, however long the commute journey is which can be an hour
or more, I can also do another sketch on the bus or train, so potentially I can have
at least three hours spare, every day between my job, five days a week, but the one thing that can never be underestimated,
is the need to rest properly, and the need to create in a small realistic way, to take compact chunks,
to also live my life healthy and properly while being creative all at the same time, which is why sketching these items on this day,
because it was very much a simple process to sketch items that I already had, to get my artistic practice.
The materials I have used to sketch this lunchtime sketch are a Bic biro pen, and I have used, and Staedtler bold felt tip pen.
The reason I like to use these items is because to draw this sketch and most of my other sketches,
I always want to be as economical in my process as possible, to get my sketch from point A to point B without rubbing out the line, because of a mistake.
In my experience and opinion, when I used to use a pencil as an art student, I always was so tempted to rub out all the mistakes in my drawings with a rubber,
and I always felt my progress at times was stunted by trying to make the perfect drawing,
as perfect as possible. But when I sketch with a biro pen, I feel that if I make a mistake in my drawing,
I don’t have the option to rub out the biro pen, I have to accept it with an imperfect line,
or correct my line while still drawing on, and I learn from my creative mistakes,
and I feel this makes me a better artist overall, and doing this drawing today for proves this.
I feel working a 9 to 5 as an Artist is great for me, because when the pandemic happened there was a mass lockdown, in the UK,
and I was still working in the health sector as an essential worker, and between these times,
I was still going to work on a bus and train, seeing the environment change, and no day is different, so if you’re working a job, and you’re not
professional Artist, just use all the things you see from what you see around your home, to the place of work where you are,
or the environments you visit, because I feel as a human being we need to physically see each other as humans,
because I believe art breeds symbiotic relationships, between people you directly connect or indirectly connect with.
If I were a beginner today, if I wanted to begin art as a hobby, just like how I drew my lunchtime meal items on this day,
between my day job, whatever the preference of artistic materials, I would prefer to use as a beginner,
I would buy those materials, whether if its a biro pen, watercolors pencils or whatever the art
, then buy a sketchbook, say A6 size for example for me I feel drawing in a small size is great to have a rucksack bag
where your trying to save space during my day then having a smaller sketchbook might work better for you ,and then if you have a day job too,
I would do little say 10 mins sketches between my day, and just draw anything, to just practice and have fun. Because for me drawing is like going to the gym,
you build muscle on a repetition in the gym, well the same goes for drawing you build your art skills through repetition of how you use pen, to draw what you see,
and you can also learn from other artists online like Will Terry and Jake Parker who are professional Illustrators who have an art Academy,
and along with many other illustrators online you could choose from on YouTube from Google.
I love sketching this today because as I said before, I didn’t know how to approach sketching anything on this day, and when I decided to do this,
kind of sketch I set myself up for a whole mindset for a whole year going forward, because all I have to do , is a sketch
with great intentions and learning from others, yes but also know the days that I live, compared to someone else’s days ,
won’t be the same as mine, therefore my experiences are individual, so my art will atomically be individual too, and I think that’s the same for any other Artist whether they are professional or the hobby type of Artist.
10. Below is a YouTube video of this lunchtime sketch down in a video recording from my Android phone,
and I would appreciate any feedback or any questions you may have to ask me about anything .
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Hi here is another Repost of ( COFFEE AT HOLBORN ) but this time this in Photoshop, as I take a step forward I’m looking behind me to also make more progress.
Here’s is another sketch from a window where pedestrians are moving about life in London while life never stops we all keep moving forward the best we can I love these Sketches because I’m reminded I’m not alone in this world.
This is a Rollback episode 14 where I have gone back to this sketch and buildings the colors and tones in photoshop to see my process scroll below if you have any questions hit me up.
This is a repost of episode 15 where here I have photoshopped one of the sketched pedestrians to a character colored in as this is an ongoing process to show my method if you have any questions let me know reach out thanx.
This is a repost of the photoshop version of episode 16 if you look back you’ll notice this episode’s sketched image and this is the Digital version and this is what I came with.
Hi guys this is a photoshop repeat / repost of episode 17 Lounge Corner and on another day I thought color this is in Photoshop so here it is, process videos are on the way its the works stayed tuned PEACE OUTS…..
This is a Coffee I ordered before I was to start my day to unwind my mind to wake me up, as this was a bit of a last minute sketch before my day started.
Last week I was at my favourite lounge and this is part of the building of the lounge where this huge mirror was there so I sketched out on an evening.
I was on my way into the City on the train, and this is what I sketched up on the train of a pedestrian standing up on the train looking at his phone, this is a close up shot of the pedestrian..
I sketched this from a newspaper as an observation , original I had the process video of how I sketched image but I have strangely misplaced the video, and I know I can do better but this is always a process when you do what you love doing.
(PHOTOSHOP VERSION)
as a apart of episode 9 sketching, after the sketch I digitally painted the image below and here it was a very experimental process to color this image in Photoshop here is the image and process below, any questions please ask a way in the comment feedback bow
Today I was at a Hackney Cafe where I was drinking a Mango Juice in the Summer where the Cafe is on a River dock and I am sketching from inside the Cafe and my view is the high stool that I’m sitting on and what I see is a River with boats.
Hey Peeps this is another reposted episode number 3 where I was sketching a passenger on a Bus, and here is the edited version in Photoshop and this is a process between Art and Digital Art to keep learning and progressing.
