<![CDATA[Lauryn Gray Illustration - Research]]>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:05:43 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[Wild Life Sketching]]>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:19:58 GMThttp://lauryngray.grillust.uk/research/wild-life-sketchingLynne Chapman.
Lynne Chapman also has a wonderful source of material based on drawing people in life. She shares numerous tips and tricks on her blog, much like with her urban sketching work, and in her portfolio. She has whole sections of her blog dedicated to drawing people on location, talking through workshops, and her personal tips and experiences.

Helpful Blog Posts:

Will Terrell.

Terrell has a YouTube series dedicated to drawing people, in which he shares helpful tips while drawing in real time. The first episode takes place in Walmart while he is sat in the café facing the tills.

Other helpful videos.

This video is good at showing how to quickly stylize while still capturing the essence of the people around you. The technique of getting basic shapes down first is one i definitely want to try and take on.
The video provides some quick tips on how to capture people quickly, and how to possibly use people in passing to create a larger, more in depth image.
]]><![CDATA[What is Urban Sketching?]]>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:04:13 GMThttp://lauryngray.grillust.uk/research/what-is-urban-sketchingThe Urban Sketching is a non-profit organisation, and a global community of artists at varying skill levels who observe and record the world around them. The urban sketchers must abide by the manifesto created by the organisation:

The Urban Sketchers Manifesto:
1: We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.
2: Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel.
3: Our drawings are a record of time and place.
4: We are truthful to the scenes we witness.
5: We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.
6: We support each other and draw together.
7: We share our drawings online.
8: We show the world, one drawing at a time.

The community is extremely heavy on supporting one another, and has hundreds of thousands of participants around the globe. Events called 'SketchCrawls' are held once a month by the community, inviting anyone to join for free as they sketch on location as a group. The aim of the event is to inspire and support one another, and to share the joy of urban sketching together. The hub of the international community is http://www.urbansketchers.org/ . It is entirely volunteer driven, and allows urban sketchers to share their work to the world, give advice, and share experiences with each other.

Lynne Chapman.

While researching Urban Sketching, I discovered Lynne Chapman's website, and found that is a goldmine for information on anything concerning drawing on location, and that she directly works alongside the urban sketching organisation as a speaker, and teacher. She's an Illustrator from the North who travels around the world recording her experiences, sharing it all on her blog and websites. I found some posts to be particularly helpful: Reportage/ Urban Sketching website: Youtube channel:
This video in particularly discusses how passage and moments in time can be demonstrated through urban sketching. It also shows some of her process, and reasoning behind certain elements of her work.

Examples of work.

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