It was a busy sketching weekend though, with a friend's wedding on Friday. I may post those sketches later as they need a bit of work. I've sketched at a few now, and it's hard to convey all the colour, ceremony, movement and emotional importance of weddings on the spot. I always hope for much better results than I get and I would like to give them something worth keeping!
On Saturday our group went to the Wits Art Museum where a Walter Battiss exhibition is on, and a children's printmaking workshop. I had already had a good look at the exhibition a couple of weeks ago, so I concentrated on the oblivious back views of the people looking at the art. We went to the coffee shop to find the children's workshop in full swing. There were a lot more kids and adults than I could fit into my sketch but it was great to see a museum space being used to stimulate children into actually making art themselves instead of being passive (and often bored) onlookers. The tall photographer did double duty as one of the few who could reach the drying lines.
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What lovely, lively sketches! Yes, I'm with you on the engaging of children, especially in an art museum.
Hi Dinah - not as lively as the children were, but thank you!!
WOW!
I used to be able to switch easily from acrylics on canvas to watercolour sketching on paper, but lately I feel I work in phases, and only after a while does it get easy and smooth with one medium. Just keep at it.
I will keep at it, thanks Cathy...I agree that's the way to feel confident in any medium - focus, focus!
I will keep at it, thanks Cathy...I agree that's the way to feel confident in any medium - focus, focus!
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