Nowadays, I sketch at least one in a day. Whenever i'm outdoor, especially when the weather is cooperatve, I do live sketching. At home, I usually go to my photos' album. The color and atmospher would not be the same as the original image necessarily. In other word, I change it as I like.
We have all passed through the moments like to be just by ourself and experience sorrow or some other feelings deep inside. This quick sketch reminds me of this glorious moments.
I did this sketch from a photo taken in a city bus in Puerto Vallarta during my recent visit to this city.The basic lines are in watercolor penci, highlighted by watercolor ink and fountain pen. Waterbrush filled in with light w/c ink was added in last stage. 
I met Louis and his younger brother in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico wandering around a beach while their mother was selling mexican hand crafts to tourist. while I was sketching some scenary, I asked him and his brother to come and sit by me. Though they did not know English at all and neither me Spanish, we could communicate very easily. To get them attracted, I handed a paper and pencil to the younger boy to draw. And while he was busy with drawing, I made a sketch of Louis, the older boy.
For many people this marks the point when they know they are beginning to think like an artist. You’ll find you will start using your very own fingers and thumbs to construct a viewfinder to check out potential images to sketch. (Do try to avoid driving the car at the same time!) You will soon find yourself wanting to learn more about about the design and composition of your drawings and paintings. You will want to practice sketching to develop your skills in making choices in this area.
Today it was the last session of the 5 weeks drawing class I took with Erick Budovitch in Toronto. though before taking this class, I had done lots of drawing, sketches and paintings, he simply showed me that for a fundamental drawing, it is better to start from the very beginning. Through some hard and sometimes boring training he demontrated that for a good drawing I should forget the details for a while and just try to see the shapes in big masses and geometrically , eather in figures , lanscapes or still life . Seeing the values and contrast of lightness and darkness of the model come in the next stage.
This sketchy painting was done with watercolor pencil. The background is soft pastel.
These images show Lugano the city in Swiss, close to Milano. The Mountain in the background is Sansalvadora' seen from all angles in the city. You can walk along the lake in less than an hour. I've done some paintings, sketches and photography from the scenes of the city and surroundings on different occasions.
As a flavour to sketches, I thought why not post some sketchy paintings once in a while between the real sketches .
This sketch was done in a couple of minutes. While I was going to draw a bit more detail of this figure she changed her pose quickly and left the location where I spotted her. I had to stop .
You can find people from all walks of life in main libraries in Toronto. Libraries, as in book stores, in North America are very alive and active. The first thing that impressed me in the time of my studies in the States back in the 70's was the different large libraries you could find everywhere at campus or in the city. I usually spent a few hours a week in North York library and my favourite book store Chapters. I sketched this old serious gentleman in the same library. He was so mean that I hesitated to sketch him right away. So, after I was sure that he was busy looking at the paper I made this quick sketch of him.
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