WARMING UP

One of my objectives for the trip to Italy this May is to do as much on the spot drawing and sketching as I can, focusing primarily on the architecture and street scenes. Since my drawing skills have been somewhat neglected over the past several years I have begun working out some of rust and kinks, first with a series of loose studio drawings and paintings, and as soon as the sun comes out, some local on site sketching. I'm also using these exercises to test the variety of papers on hand and see how they respond to the different mediums.


#1 ink...markers, wc pencil


#2 pencil...pastel pencil