We had shadows at last. And warm weather. Dublin on Sunday 24th May, and it feels like we've gone straight from winter to summer.
I sat in the shade at the back of the Smock Alley Theatre and started with bright green for the tree and purple for the shadows. This sketch took a while before it got somewhere I was satisfied with. I was glad I had some of my acrylic markers to cover up the ugly ink marks I had made. I guess it all stemmed from the fact that I didn't know if I was interested in the building itself or the trees in front of it. I'm quite an intuitive urban sketchers. I don't start with a master plan. Certainly never a thumbnail! So my sketches are full of energy (and pink lines, purples lines and sure why not a bit of turquoise pencil too), but not necessarily accurate.
After chatting with a little girl who was very interested in what we were doing, I went to the other side of the Smock Alley Theatre and found a little view across the river.
Then it was time for chats in the pub. Some really good conversations about everything everything, but mostly about sketching.
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