What I love about being on vacation, aside from not having to work, is that whenever I like I can just whip out my pocket sketch book. This is something I truly need to work toward doing professionally. I need to be a professional vacationer. I have been playing with the new Sharpie pens too. I don’t know how new they truly are, but they have been advertising the tar out of them so I thought I’d give them a whirl. I think they are right up there with the Faber-Castells. They’re still scratchy, but I love the instant dark lines.
Drawing my beer turned out to be an issue for me because I kept drinking it. Apparently I was having difficulty putting it back in the same position. But I love just sketching when I feel like it. Of course, it gets on my lovely wife’s nerves when she’s ready to go and I’m busy shading something.
Sitting pool side and drying off a little before going in for dinner, I got in a quiche looking up at the hotel. I like that because there’s a lot of perspective to play with, practice, and learn from. I don’t thinkone can *EVER* get enough practice at perspective.
We went to eat at IHOP and while we were waiting for the food I whipped out my handy li’l sketchbook to draw the coffee carafes. We have His and Her’s carafes because the Pregasaur isn’t allowed caffeine. Having learned my lesson from the beer, I wouldn’t let anyone move the carafes until I had the basic layout and shading in place. My beautiful bride tells me I may not survive this vacation.
Make sure you draw things that there is no chance she will need/want while you are sketching them. Keeping the coffee hostage is almost unforgivable!
Beer? You drink beer?!lol I may move onto hard stuff by August 8th! No “move” pun intended.
Mine has arrived! And I look forward to giving it a work out. Thanks so much for it.
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