Uspensky Sidestreet

We met with "Sketchcrawl Moscow" members in the evening, I had about 45 minutes for sketching before light faded away. I speeded with rough sketch, added color later, at home.
City map with photo.

Crocus Expo

I had a pause in my work, it gave me one hour of sketching of what I see around me. That time I saw a detail of cafe in the exhibition fairground during its break between the work hours.

Faces

Watercolor, 30x40cm

September and March are my most busy months at work. But I try to manage to get to the drawing class and to practice at home and sometimes it works.

The lady is Venus, oil in the drawing class. The gentleman, in watercolor, is inspired by photo in my uncle's photo-portraits folder.

I put the gentleman portrait first as he is more "mine" then the lady, which was painted under the attentive eye of my art teacher. 

Oil on canvas, 40x50cm

Amish Carriage

Ink, watercolor pencils, waterbrush

I wanted to draw them since July 2010, when I saw the Amish carriages on the road in Ohio and made a photo. Beautiful anachronism, full member of road traffic. These three carriages were parked near the wall of the supermarket,  waiting patiently for their owners.

Watercolor in sketchbook

And figs, my new attempt in fight with watercolor. Watercolor keeps holding out the fort))).

Caesar, Emperor of Romans

Two months ago in my drawing class I did him in graphite. Now the oil version of this eminent person.

On the Beach

Ink, watercolor pencils, water drops

Pages from the new sketchbook almost do not stand water ("suitable for light washes" - I wonder what they mean by "light"))), so when I decided to refresh the sketch with waterdrops I was sorry the next moment. Two black blots on the previous page - that's the unexpected result. Here is the sketchbook, beware dear watercolorists! (It was my choice fault, as price tag warned loudly about the consequences)).

You see - accurate little boat is fired by mines. My version of battleship..

I framed and matted the pigeons of few posts ago. Tomorrow I will hand it to my friend and I like the new sophisticated look of this sketch page!

And I want to share few links to the blogposts (from so many!). So amazing and inspiring. I hope they inspire you too.
Oona.
John Lovett. His site is closed at a moment, so it is the link to some Russian on line art library, sorry
Joseph Stoddard.