Inspired by my art purchase, I thought I’d have a go at a landscape sketch. I’ve not done much sketching for years, until recently I did a bit, and I don’t think its much good but it was nice to have a go. Might have a go at another one sometime soon. I’m trying not to bake, cos I’m getting fat … so maybe sketching will be my new therapy.
Sketch of the village
I wanted to take a photo of a quick sketch I did … and this set me off doing a bit of close up photography. Clearly I am not a great photographer, nor do I have “proper” camera, but I quite like these shots looking at things from a different angle than you would normally see. And I did include the flower sketch as well in case you are interested 
I used to enjoy sketching, way back in the olden days, when I was at school. I enjoyed Art lessons and also enjoyed drawing things for Biology like when we had to cut a buttercup in half very carefully and draw what we could see and label all the parts. I was never any good with colour though – paint or pastels – so my drawings remained black and white, in pencil or charcoal. I never took the Art further, don’t think I was anywhere near good enough, but it was always something I enjoyed. I haven’t sketched for years and recently I have been thinking about what I would do with my time (if I had any spare) and sketching was something I remembered liking to do. So I bought some new pencils and charcoal and a sketch pad, and sat down and gave it a go. It was a bit weird at first, looking at the blank page, wondering whether I would manage to create anything that looked remotely realistic … I decided to get my phone out and find a few photos from Facebook and have a go at sketching them. So, to cut a long story short, that is what I did – and now I am being very daring and have scanned my first sketches and here they are for you to see. Be gentle, I know they’re not great, but I was pleasantly pleased to find they’re not too painful on the eye! I started with the robin, had a go at the village church and finally did the swan. I like the swan best so I’ve included a cropped scan of it. You can click on either of them to see a bigger version.
So there you have it – an old hobby resurrected. I hope to be able to find the time to sketch a bit more here and there. Not sure I’ll be posting loads of pics on here, but that’s not the point. The point is that I have rediscovered a part of my self that has been hidden for a long while, and it was good to do that
