Aungiers Street

A great afternoon with Dublin Sketchers on Aungiers Street (it rhymes with danger by the way). Got a good spot at the top of steps with a railing to put my sketchbook on. I have probably sketched the Swan pub before, but each time is a different adventure. I'm using colour pencils these days instead of watercolour. The weather has turned damp (very wet today, as I'm writing this on the 18 November actually) and I don't have the patience to wait for watercolour to dry. Like the other day, I worked quickly with a light grey marker first to establish proportions That red chimney was much lower initially, with too little space for the ground floor. When I felt I had enough, I went into the café across the way, hoping to sketch people, but the view out the window was blocked by their huge advertising panels, so I snatched what I could. 

And we were told by the manager in the pub when we met there at 4pm that we were not allowed to sketch strangers, for GDPR reasons. I think that was a bit much, but it's their premises, so they can make the rules. If they had seen my people sketches, I don't think they would have been so worried, though!

Here is how they looked when I was done on location. As you can see, I do about 90% of the sketching on location. But if the sketch needs something more, I will add to it when I get home.