Sketching Equipment.

Hi Chaps,

I've recently been getting into outdoor sketching again as in my previous post, 
so for any equipment buffs out there, here's what I've put in my metaphorical Sketcher's Utility Belt.

I've been using a 0.5 HB propelling/mechanical pencil (no sharpener required)
And a slim A6 sketchpad that will easily fit into a bag or pocket and can be carried all the time, rather than a bigger one that is only taken out specifically on special sketching expeditions.
And a rubber/eraser, which I try to use as seldom as possible.

And that's it. I'm thinking of branching out into using a brush pen and things as well, so will let you know about any news or progress with that.

Real Life Sketching.

Hi Chaps,

I've been going out and doing some sketching recently. 
Real life sketching of real life things with a real life sketch book and pencil, that is, rather than doing character and idea sketches straight in Photoshop for work.

I do find trees interesting so have sketched a lot of trees.
I was taking whatever opportunity to sketch I could get, so very often I was sneaking in a sketch when I only had literally 1 or 2 minutes to do the sketch.

So it's been fun to try and capture the character of a tree or view or cloud in a really short space of time.
Here are a few.

Outdoor Sketching

Hi Chaps,

Recently I went on a sketching expedition and managed to do a batch of outdoor sketches.
It's something I intend to find time for more often as it makes a nice change to draw from nature rather than sketching ideas for projects.
Here are some of them.

A tree in a wood

A view down a stream while standing in it

A view over some landscape

A study of a bit of dry-stone wall