Have you ever wondered if bears open an eye, look out of their den at the snow and wish that spring would arrive because their stomach is growling? Naw…me neither but that’s how I feel right now.
Our winter has been relatively mild but from the view of this urban sketcher, it’s been very long. Sure, I’ve been going to the museum to sketch but a good portion of the fun of sketching for me is wandering around, looking for something interesting to sketch. I’ve got the darn museum memorized; there are no surprises.
It’s times like this that I wish I liked to sketch from photos, but I don’t. So, for the most part, I’m a bored urban sketcher, doodling just to keep my hand moving. I thought I’d share a few pages of doodles with you. These were all done in a 4×6 Stillman & Birn Alpha series softcover.
As you can see, it’s a melange of tiny sketches, some ear practice and some hatching scribbles thrown in for good measure. Sometimes I’ll fill a whole page with circles or bad ellipses. I do a lot of this stuff on photocopy paper and when sheets are filled they are wadded up and thrown in the garbage. Just for giggles, here is one of those sheets. Sorry for the wrinkles. It was pulled from my garbage can (grin). I also apologize that some of the sketching is upside down. I don’t pay much attention to that when I’m filling these pages since my garbage can isn’t particular. Do you do this sort of thing or am I the only one? I bet I’m the only one dumb enough to share them.
Believe me, I do my share of these kinds of doodles, too! Pages and pages. Strangely, I keep them all, even if they belong in the recycle bin, because I’m hoping I’ll become famous someday and will be able to sell them on eBay.
Tina
Possibly a good tactic. I’m too lazy to keep them or sell them on eBay 🙂
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I can’t bear to throw away the loose sheets that harbour my doodles. I store them in a folder.
That’s probably a good idea, Cheryl, and if I could keep them in a folder, I’d probably do the same thing. As it is, I produce a lot of those sheets and at this point I’d need a filing cabinet for them, which leads to a need to organize them, which leads to more work than I’m willing to expend. — Larry