The last urban sketching vacation backlog to post! Done in the same square in Utrecht as the previous sketch. My dad was still sketching the so I turned around to spot this cool looking building and of course I had to sketch it.
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Boatober day 14. Went a little crazy on the water and waves 😅
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The moment you start coloring the arm and realise it's just too similar to the shirt color 🤦‍♀️
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I was productive during the long wait after hours for my experiment. I had dinner. I finished a substack post. And I did this sketch of the soft toys on my desk bc I was Grabbing home.

1st time sketching the office desk at my current job!
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Boatober day 13. The posts of the wharf being lined up behind each other made the perspective difficult for me 🤔
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Boatober day 12 ❤️
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Vacation sketching backlog, 2nd last sketch!
While sis was shopping, I got a wonky sketch of a building in. I thought I could get more of the building in... But of course I drew things too big and ended up with a tiny bit of building.
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Boatober day 8
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At the Heart Shaped Pond in Hemlock Ravine Park with the Halifax Urban Sketchers. Brrrr ⛄
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We are almost at the end of the vacation sketching backlog. We took a break at this cafe in Utrecht. It was a working space upstairs. But downstairs they had games and a table with coloring pencils. So I got a sketch in with their pencils.
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Boatober day 10. 🙂
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Interesting building (former church maybe?) on Parkhill Road, near the Dingle Tower. Sketched on site last week and painted today 🙂
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Boatober day 9 already! Time flies... 😊
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Chatted with my colleague all the way till my station today so no sketch... Instead I'll share another vacation backlog.

This was done at the same Utrecht mall. I sketched this lady who was sitting there, as if she was posing for me.
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Vacation urban sketching backlog posting.

Day trip to Utrecht to get Miffy goods because my sister is a big fan. There was a huge mall beside the station, the Hoog Catharijne and I sketched there while the fam did some clothes shopping.
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Boatober day 7 😊
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Cove Road, Prospect NS on a windy Thursday with the plein air painters. I decided to try a value study as there was a nice contrast between light and dark areas ❤️
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Today's train sketch. I wish I didn't cover the end of the hair with the blue... Oh wells. You sketch and you learn.
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Vacation urban sketching backlog posting, this time from Amsterdam:

Another sketch while waiting for food! Got most of the line work in before the dutch pancakes arrived... And finished up with the coloring after we finished the pancakes.

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Started sketching late so just two quick stops to go before reaching my stop... I ended up with a full page spread but no time to color. Added color at home while watching youtube.
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