Around the corner

I am inspired by Rob Carey’s post from yesterday. Living in the suburbs of Montreal, I often have the same problem as Rob. My sketching time is limited and I want to get out and draw something. My immediate surroundings, at first glance, are not that interesting. Suburban houses and strip malls. But if you take a bit of time to look around, you realize there is always something to sketch. If the day is sunny, there’s the play of light and shadow on one of those houses, or the colours in the trees around the corner from my street, or the old man on a bench in the park in my neighbourhood. Of course I’d rather be sketching a panoramic view of Montreal from the mountain, but when time or distance is a factor, I’m much happier sketching not much at all than not sketching anything.