Two ink sketches on the way home. The first on the train. And the second at the interchange.
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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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A quick pen sketch today. Didn't have time to color it, but also really loving the ink sketches recently. Perfect for #inktober I guess?
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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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Two guys standing next to each other and sharing stuff on their phones etc... So hard to draw ><
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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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Vacation sketching backlog

Did a quick sketch at Starbucks while mum and sis got coffee. It was kind of meh but the umbrella was quite nice. We left after buying coffee so no time to color.
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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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#RomanSiteSaturday - excavation of the granaries at #Usk. The horizontal lines running across the image are the foundations for the timber granaries, with the holes for vertical posts visible A vast #Roman #fortress was established at Usk in the 50s AD. Covering an area of 19.5ha

We went out for lunch and clothes shopping for the wedding lunch tmr... And I got a pen sketch in.
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Bernard Langlais Sculpture preserve in Cushing, Maine. #usk #urbansketching #watercolorandink

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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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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Vacation urban sketching backlog posting.

I did this quick sketch at a restaurant in Brussels. Was forced to stop when the food came, and I finished up in the airbnb afterwards. The mussels were absolutely amazing!
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Could your USk Chapter be the next Symposium Host?
Tag an Urban Sketchers Chapter in the comments that you’d love to see take on the challenge.

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A long hiatus in the last year where I wasn’t able to draw a paint much while I took care of “things”. It’s probably the first time in my life I didn’t have a pencil or paintbrush in my hand for so long. Felt very weird. #watercolorandink #usk #urbansketching #stillmanandbirn #pleinairpaintng