[by Mario Luz, Christchurch, NZ] An old gas station in Okains Bay caught my attention today on my way to the beach. I sat comfortably on the car, put a CD and I let the summer breeze coming in through the windows, now I was ready to enjoy the moment.
[By Marcia Milner-Brage in Santa Barbara, California, USA] Drawing a place sometimes leads to learning its dark secrets. This is not my best drawing, but the story about this place is worth telling. St. Anthony’s Seminary, the white Spanish-style building with tile roof and bell towers is a landmark in this idyllic Central Coast California […]
[by Swasky in Barcelona, Catalonia] Now it is a few years ago that I go to the Sketchcrawl and my experience has been changing. We started being 3 or 5 people and we have ended up being normally about 60 or 70 people. The most that we have met was about 500 people on the […]
[By Marcia Milner-Brage in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA] MEET MR. WONDERFUL!! And while you’re at it…….. Snow Matron The Alien Snowman Snow dog and doggie igloo This winter, we’ve had lots of snow in my northeast Iowa town. It’s been the perfect variety for rolling and compacting into snow sculptures. The temperature Monday afternoon was hovering […]
[By Marcia Milner-Brage in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA] In winter, I draw my Iowa neighborhood from inside my house. A few days ago, as night approached after an all-day snow, I was struck by how the whiteness glowed against the silhouetted trees. In the past, I’ve tended towards monochrome sketches to show my town in […]
[By Marcia Milner-Brage from Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA] OK. I’m letting the secret out: the best apples that you can get anywhere are from the boulevard tree on 2nd Street. The car wash is on 1st on the same block. McDonald’s drive-thru exit is one block down 2nd. Apple Tree on 2nd Street Every year […]
One view from the Christchurch city center, the city is being re build on such a speed that is getting harder to get a view like this. The presence of a demolished building painted on the facade like a ghost, made me want to draw this view. Its most likely that the rest of the […]
Thanks to a very good friend I had the opportunity to visit these two amazing places. Mont Saint-Michel is out of a fairy tale. I can’t imagine there is another place on earth like it. Its abbey reaches so high to the sky as if it is literally reaching for God. I did a few […]
I must say, it was extremely hot in London today! I discovered a nice spot of shade under a tree where I chilled did all the sketching It made me have feelings of being in Nigeria again!!! Picture of the scene I decided to sketch and paint, I was drawn to this scene because of […]
Among the new and shiny buildings in Christchurch there is still some old forgotten constructions standing that I like sketch and apply several layers of paint like someone did on the facade, not that there is much to salvage from this old house, is just a romantic view of a Christchurch that I never knew.
Nowadays in Christchurch, there are new buildings coming out every day and only a few testimonies of the earthquake still standing. The emptiness is the major scar in the city. What I am usually after, is the surreal leftovers and the texture of the brick walls to sketch. This material unfortunately will not be part […]
A metal sheet and timber hut on the Arthur´s Pass, New Zealand.
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