* SKETCHCRAWL PENANG *
Alright, let's get down to some drawings...
(drawn a few days prior to the sketchcrawl itself. )
So I haven't looked at that many other posting yet, usually I like to add a little blurb along the way, a picture is worth a million words, but I thought I might add a few words extra.
Had two main destinations in mind, and planned to wing it as I went along.
Had to charge it at the last minute
This one really made me wish I knew how to paint... all the red flags blowing in the wind made me think of all the watercolour sketches I'd seen... *sigh*
It's also entrance to a chinese cemetary, by the way.
Getting into the sketching mindframe, you quickly look at things differently, and tried to follow wherever my eye took me...
quick pencils, a good rest from the detailed piece earlier.
Brunch:
Wandered over to the first sketch destination...
...a Burmese Temple, with this amazing statue of Buddha that I just found out last week(!).
Probably the highlight of the whole sketchcrawl, with the gong being sounded periodically as the occasional breeze surprised you, it was rather zen-like. I spent a lot of time here.
After which I remember Enrico saying something along the lines of "...sketch until you crawl...", which was kind of how I felt. I *was* surprised by how quickly I got tired, and realized a little too fast that sketchcrawling alone might not have been the bestest of ideas(see lessons learnt #1 posted above).
It was too early to go to Destination #2, a wiser person would have gotten something to *eat*, but instead I drove around looking for things to draw...
With intentions to draw the crows, but dem birds did what birds do, and flew off, crowing in mockery...
Destination #2 was a half an hours drive away...
Good weather, and I found a chair under the tree to sit on. Didn't take up as much time as in the temple, but I really enjoyed this one as well... (insert feeling of hypoglycemia in here, realized that I hadn't eaten since noon)
Much later that night, in meeting my friend(who had agreed to let me draw him), I did, 'the coffee thing', which I figured a lot of people might be doing. Friend turned up, plans changed, and a quick sketch was all I could manage.
The sketchcrawl ended sooner than I would have liked, as duties at home called out to me.
I am *so* bringing a hot chick along next time
Cheers!