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"Live" sketches at the Montreal Biodome Copyright Bethann G. Merkle (2013) |
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Samurai helmets - part of an exhibit at the Musée de la civilization; copyright Bethann G. Merkle (2013) |
One particularly active and dedicated example is Quebec City sketcher Larry Marshall. He writes about and posts examples of his almost-daily museum outings at www.larrydmarshall.com. He has shared great tips for asking museum management in advance re permission and terms and conditions for drawing. As we've learned in Quebec City, some museums are more welcoming and flexible than others.
The Urban Sketchers Montreal group has been hitting that city's many museums lately. There are lots of great ideas and sketches on their blog: urbansketchersmontreal.wordpress.com. There are also a lot of clever ideas re how to draw the great outdoors without freezing your fingers (and your sketching supplies). In particular, Shari Blaukopf and Marc Taro seem to have perfected the sketching from windows and cars approach. Marc has also been behind the scenes during the whole process of developing a theater production, and his work suggests a whole
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Chapel in the Musée de l'Amérique Française - copyright Bethann G. Merkle (2013) |
How do you go about sketching in the winter?
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Cookies, baked squashes for pumpkin pie, and grains and malt for homebrewed beer - copyright Bethann G. Merkle (2013) |
Nice sketches!
ReplyDeleteLive Sketching is a tremendous challenge and you completed it amazingly. Sketch a short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a revue or comedy programme. To know more about sketches visit Indian Art Ideas.
All sketches are very gud!
ReplyDeleteLive sketch is a humorous play or performance of representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study. To know more about art visit http://www.india-gift.com/