February 11, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday – going postal

It’s that time of the week again, back to the cafe, this time with watersoluble pencils. I’ve been really happy using my watersoluble graphite, but that relies on using brushes which doesn’t allow for the quick lines I’m trying to use. So after checking out some of the gear being used by the other sketchers in our first sketchcrawl it was off to the art supply shop and away with some Derwent Watersoluble Sketching pencils.

Testing the Derwent watersoluble sketching pencils

We bought a 6 tin which has 2 of each HB, 4B and 8B, which are designated light, medium and dark wash. This suited us well as my partner and I could split the tin and get one set of pencils each. An added bonus was the tin itself which my partner has snaffled to use to carry his pencils and other bits around in.

So here is my first sketch using the pencils. There is also some other colour from my Duke fountain pen, but that’s another story for another post.

Post box and advertising signs, watersoluble pencil and ink, 11 February 2015

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday and cafes with people

I’m trying really hard to get more people into my drawings, really I am. So since last weekend I’ve been focusing on the people in the cafes a bit more. Given the usual problems of trying to capture lots of people at any one time I’m using the standard approach of making composite drawings of people, in the one setting, as they come and go.

At Guru Coffee shop in Tuggeranong, 1 February 2015, pen and ink

My next attempt, trying to get some individuality into the people turned out to be not as effective as I’d hoped. Well that is unless you were expecting a Wolverine look-alike to be at the next table.

The Italian Bakery Mawson, 3 February 2015, pen and ink

A few minutes later I noticed that the loading dock across the road from the cafe was open so the walls could be painted. I only just got to the drawing as the man painting the wall, pretty much obscured by the telegraph pole, put down his paint roller. Some late arrivals at one of the outside tables provided a bit of foreground action.

Painting the loading dock, 3February 2015, pen and ink

And on Wednesday I went back to my old ways, although I am trying to mix things up by drawing on newspaper pasted onto a Japanese calligraphy paper. I really just like the texture using the newsprint. Not at all archival, as my partner pointed out, but I think that’s unlikely ever to be an issue.

Glasses and other tableware, 4 February 2015, pen and ink with Copic Multiliner

And if you are looking for a good laugh about drawing strangers I can highly recommend Hallie Bateman’s comic on ‘How to draw people on the subway’.

December 20, 2014 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday triple play

Its nearly Christmas and the family is visiting from interstate. We went up to our local cafe during the week, but instead of just me, there were three of us drawing. It all became a bit self-referential as we drew each other’s books into our own drawings!

Triple play drawings at the cafe, 17 December 2014

For the record here’s my offering.

Cafe setting 17 December 2014, pen and ink

December 10, 2014 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday – my local dinosaur

It’s been awhile since I drew the dinosaur (replica) that resides next to our local cafe, so here she/he is.

My local dinosaur, pen and ink, Kambah, ACT, 10 December 2014

December 4, 2014 by Leonie Andrews

Cafe Wednesday and sundry others

At last we’ve made it back to our local cafe for Wednesday morning coffee.

What’s on the menu? Chocolate chip cupcake and a flat white coffee. 3 December 2014, pen and ink and Copic marker.

I also have a few other images which fit under the ‘cafe’ theme which I haven’t posted. Going backwards…

The Italian Bakery at Mawson, people and umbrellas, 2 December 2014, Copic marker.

The strange third figure was actually the person, seated on the right, but they sat down too quickly to capture them in the standing position.

This dog wasn’t much more cooperative either. I thought it was asleep but it sat up and changed position several times, hence the multiple heads.

Dog at the Italian Bakery, Mawson, 29 November 2014, pen

And ‘furthest from the front’, this view out the window of where I had lunch two weeks ago, the charmingly alliterative Long Wong Best BBQ Roast Duck cafe.

Not in China anymore, the view from the Long Wong Best BBQ Roast Duck restaurant, Dickson, 24 November 2014, Copic marker and acrylic marker.

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