Sketching tips and tricks

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks Gazz. I love doing artwork. Tattooed for 21 years, signwrite for friends, draw at home. I get a kick out of it.

Had a drawing of Joop published in an astonomy journal about 19 years ago. Apparently I was only the 2nd person on Earth to notice and report the massive growth of the GRS on Joop and the developement of a smaller red spot above the GRS. The first was a professional astronomer in Hawaii. I drew what I saw and our society sent it off.

I just love art.

[Wombat_In_Space (Darren)]

Hey Ken have you ever thought of using digitiser pen for you drawings so you can do them directley into the computer???

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

No Darren. I like to rub my shadings with my fingers, use different pencil pressures for different effects, etc. It just ain't the same. Pencil and paper have a great tactile feel.

[elusiver]

true.. don't get the same tactile feel with a digitizer.. plus.. a decent digitiser is at least a couple of hundred smackers.. u can get a box a pencils and sketch pad for $5 with change.

top sketch BD!

el

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks ellex.
I have drawn all my kids. I even did a self portrait. It's fun creating images from a peice of graphite and some paper!

[asimov (John)]

Nice portrait Ken. One of the best i've seen for a long while. I used to be able to sketch like that once, went to art school & everything. But I hated it. I just wasn't interested in doing it. I had the talent, but no desire to do it. Some say 'what a waste' & I tend to agree....I didn't agree at the time, but I do now...20 years later.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks for the compliment John.

I never learnt to draw, I just do it.

It will come back to you John.

If their is no desire, don't attempt it. Wait until you want to do it. Do a couple of drawings and it will all come back

[asimov (John)]

Well, you have a real natural talent there, that is rare! I sketched mars the other night....inverted of course. I'll get around to posting it soon.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Cool John!

I will have to do a drawing of an astro object so I can see what it looks like inverted to negative. This could be fun.

I won't be doing it tonight though. All my art gear is packed away.

That will give me something to do as I can't doing any viewing in this weather!!

[asimov (John)]

Yep. There's plenty of astronomy projects to be done if you can't view (me included, crap weather here too) I'm gonna do some sketching & in between cloud breaks if I'm lucky, some EP reviews.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Mike will have to make another new Sub-catagory. 'Astro art'

[asimov (John)]

And a collimation section!

[dhumpie]

Wow very very nice sketch Ken!!!!!!! I used to do some portrait sketching but not as good as yours

Darren

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks Darren,

I am very particular about realism! If it doesn't look right it gets chucked out and I start again!!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I dug out the self-portrait I did and thought I would stick it in here just for the heck of it, and coz it sounds like you like my drawings.

I did this one back in 1999.

[cahullian]

hey Ken anyboby ever tell you you look like Billy Connolly

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Gazz, I look nothing like billy Connolly. He has an accent!

[cahullian]

LOL so do you mate, so do you...But i don't he he he

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

I dug out the self-portrait I did and thought I would stick it in here just for the heck of it, and coz it sounds like you like my drawings.

I did this one back in 1999.

Wow, that sould be entered into the Archibald competition! Mind you, if it wins we won't here the end of it

[h0ughy (David)]

BTW Ken, do you have to collimate your pencil before you sketch a viewing session