The Sketched Reportage - 2014 USK Symposium

This is from The Sketched Reportage with Simonetta Capecchi. She is a master at detailing and documenting events and processes. For this workshop we went to a local Paraty Cachaça distillery to learn about and document how the drink is made. Such a wonderful trip and workshop. Such a great new set of tools I have for future reportage opportunities. see Simonetta's work here: http://inviaggiocoltaccuino.blogspot.com/

 

Never Fear the People! 2014 USk Symposium

These were from Suhita Shirodkar's workshop Never Fear the People, which I regularly do. She had us jump right in and start. Sketching quickly and without looking down too much did take out the fear of having a completed figure. I still fear people but have a strong desire to keep at it and do think differently at how adding people to a sketch when it is fitting brings life to the scene.  A few post later you can see how I used my many hours at the airport :) see Suhita's work here: https://sketchaway.wordpress.com/author/makingamess/

 

 

 

 

The Joy of the Movement- 2014 USK symposium

The Joy of the Movement-USK Paraty 2014

I took Behzad Bagheri's workshop The Joy of the Movement and it was fantastic! Such a different way of thinking and sketching. Definitely something I'd like to put into practice. The first two spread were working from our imagination and the third we laid down our color and then found our subject to fit. (see the notes on the pages for the step by step) See his work here: http://behzadbagheri.blogspot.com/

 

2014 Urban Sketching symposium in Paraty Brazil

 

This year I attended the 5th International Urban Sketching Symposium in Paraty Brazil. It was another fantastic symposium  (a HUGE thanks to all those who planned and organized the event, you did an amazing job), set in a wonderful historic town on the water between Rio and Sao Paulo. I really enjoyed this years location and felt the size of Paraty kept all of us closer together.  Walking down the street you would undoubtedly find a symposium participant eating, having coffee and sketching. It reminded much of the symposium in Santo Domingo.

 

I've come home reenergized and inspired by both the workshops I attended and by the work of all the people I met and reconnected with. It is am amazing experience to look through someone's sketchbook in person. To feel the life they have poured into it. 

 

 I have had the opportunity to meet wonderful people and am again amazed at the connections made. So many people from different countries, cultures, lifestyles, some who might not speak the same language, yet we are all brought together with the same passion.

 

Even as I write about it I feel that these words don't come close to the feeling I get from this experience. One person described it as a family reunion and I think that might be the best analogy I have heard. Each year it feel like coming home and seeing my family once again.

 

It was such a pleasure to meet all of you and I look forward to keeping in contact and hopefully seeing you at the "family reunion"

 

Below are the sketches from the beginning of my journey. 

 

waiting in the airport/ on the plane

 on the bus to Paraty from Sao Paulo

 on the bus and waiting in line at registration

sketch from the first sketch crawl on registration night          

 

 

and a few photos of Paraty...

 

 

 

Waiting for the new addition

 

a catch up post. traveled to NC to waiting for my new niece to arrive. So sketches from the dr's visit and sketches from the hallway while waiting for the peanut to arrive.  I had to come home before I had time to sketch the little girl :) I look forward to seeing her again and to sketching her.  

 

Cottage Sketch

We rented a cottage on lake Ontario last week so I sketched these from my chair on the break wall.

The Red Fern

I went for a walk to pick up dinner and stopped on the way back to sketch this building and it's cute little vegan restaurant (had to cross the street to take the picture)

Art....the music kind

it's not mine but it is my wife's and we are so excited right now.


Yesterday she starting to record her new album with the amazing producer, singer / songwriter David Chance and has launched her Kickstarter campaign.

It's been a great creative journey and I am looking forward to see where this new path leads to.

Check it out if you get a chance.


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1489861729/meg-the-solo-cd-2014?ref=discovery
Thanks!

Genine

Dragging myself out....

To hear Lucinda Williams at party in the park. Sat in the grass and sketched but had to go home early. The bronchitis, got the best of me :)

Being sick is no fun...

But getting flowers is :) 

And when you have to wait for medicine at least there's free time to sketch. 

Rochester Jazz Festival

Our meetup group met for a few hours on the first night of te jazz fest and ha a great time listening and sketching

Sulfur Festival Meet-up

 

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Rochester Meetup and chicken dinner

  A few sketches from the Rochester Sketch meetup this past saturday. Met at Rochester Art Supply down on West Main Street and crawled up to the riverside park.

 

 as well as a sketch of dinner last night. Sketched pre-cooking and painted after :)

Chicago and start of a new book

Veggies

Rhododendron

St.Lukes & St. Simon Cyrene

one big post

of some recent work. in my new book made of Stillman & Birn Delta Series paper. I LOVE this paper!!

this last one i am going to put color on now :)

March 18.2014

7 years ago today

I did my first EDM challenge and have been drawn ever since.

I didn't realize today was the anniversary until I read the first page of a old sketchbook I grabbed off the shelf for reference. 

Sketching has taken me to 4 countries  and has made my life richer. 

I am so grateful for this gift and for all of you out there who encouraged me at the start and who continue too. 

I don't comment as often as I used to or want to but i wanted to thank you, It was your support that kept me posting and sharing. 

I hope to be posting for many many more. 

a few new sketches

I am / have been between books recently. I bound a book of 140lb cp and did not like using it for sketching with my fountain pens. So with some extra paper i had i bound a small booklet of sorts, finished that and then started using the landscape moleskine i was given at the Lisbon symposium.
I am not fond of the format. I like a porttrait or square format better.

a few weeks ago i order some Stillman and Birn delta series look sheets, just got the call that they are now in!!! So off to the store and hoping to get something bound in the next day or so. 

I thought for a minute that i may stay in the Moley but i know once i get a new book done it's hard to stay away :)


so, here are a few sketch from the Moley...
i was working on quick portraits for JKPP , sketching during a meeting then airport waiting and flying. 

I sketched at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on Sunday with the meetup group. i think there were 10 of us. Great turn out and a ton of fun. :)