Tonight a commission from a couple of months ago that I forgot to post, a montage of images from a Kindergarten in Australia, whose manager commissioned this illustration for a long term member of staff when they retired.
I created the montage from photographs sent to me and added the children’s hand prints and the nursery logo in the centre. Keeping the sketch in black ink I thought the use of a single colour picked out the children and made the separate images more recognisable from each other.
A possible new client contacted me recently about a similar commission but for a backpacking expedition, with images from their travels made into a montage. A great idea and one that could be adapted to suit any memory.
If you would like piece of art created from your memories or photographs or would like to discuss further then please get in touch on my email address; contact@www.edinburghsketcher.com
Congratulations to Hearts for lifting the Scottish Cup at the weekend, and commiserations to Hibernian who were runners up in the all Edinburgh final at Hampden. Although I missed the celebratory bus tour through Edinburgh on Sunday I thought I should mark the achievement by one of our teams with a sketch. I found a great picture on flickr taken by Stuart Montgomery, HERE is the original photograph.
The famous #WhereArtI sketch quiz is back this morning, after a 2 month absence due to sketcher sickness but all is well now and here is this morning’s puzzler. An easy one to get you back into it I think…
Include hashtag #wherearti with your answers either below, on facebook or twitter. Remember to keep an eye on my facebook page for clues throughout the day. Answers to come by this time tomorrow, and although for now the quiz is just for fun the first three correct answers will get a mention plus a link from my site if you make it onto the wherearti? leaderboard, here
And please remember to forward this on, the more who play the better. Good luck
It’s hard to believe on a day like today but last week the sun did shine, and we had glorious blue skies above the Firth of Forth.
This is the beautiful view of the Forth Rail Bridge from South Queensferry, a favourite place of ours for a walk along the shore and only 10 minutes away from Edinburgh in the car. And the bridge looks even more splendid since the scaffolding (which was a permanent feature due to constant painting) has come down.
A few facts and figures for you; the overall length of the cantilever bridge is 8296ft, or just over 2.5km and the towers reach 330ft into the blue sky, or 100 metres. Follow this link for more: http://www.forthbridges.org.uk/railbridgefacts.htm
The sketch is black ink with a light watercolour wash over the top.
Breakfast time at the Sketcher household and today it’s mashed banana’s on toast for James and Zoe. A favourite with the twins and it wasn’t long before it was all eaten up!
What a lovely morning it is in Granton today, enjoy your weekend everyone, and your breakfast!
Sketching with the twins this morning, we have a new pad and big fat wax crayons, which appear to be quite tasty to 14 month old twins! This is James’ and Daddy’s hand outlines.
This is a sketch from last summer I think, I never got around to finishing it. It looks to me like a colouring book drawing, or a paint by numbers without the numbers. I remember drawing it though, from the car half way around the extinct volcano that is Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.
I was going to add watercolour at home, perhaps I will one day.
3rd May 2012
To celebrate EdinburghSketcher having over 1000 followers on Twitter I’m giving a high quality Giclée A4 print away. All you have to do is follow THIS LINK and leave your name and the name of your favourite EdinburghSketcher print. I will pick a winner on the 1st of June 2012, good luck!
February 2012
Check out the new leaderboard for the weekly sketch quiz, WhereartI. Check in every Monday morning from 8am and tell me where I am sketching from. Be one of the first three correct answers and receive points for the leaderboard. Three points for first, two for second and one for third. Make it to the leaderboard and you’ll also get a link back from Edinburgh Sketcher.
Tonight a commission from a couple of months ago that I forgot to post, a montage of images from a Kindergarten in Australia, whose manager commissioned this illustration for a long term member of staff when they retired.
Congratulations to Hearts for lifting the Scottish Cup at the weekend, and commiserations to Hibernian who were runners up in the all Edinburgh final at Hampden. Although I missed the celebratory bus tour through Edinburgh on Sunday I thought I should mark the achievement by one of our teams with a sketch. I found a great picture on flickr taken by Stuart Montgomery, 
Breakfast time at the Sketcher household and today it’s mashed banana’s on toast for James and Zoe. A favourite with the twins and it wasn’t long before it was all eaten up!
