Sketchbook diary of the artist Huldrick

WORKING SKETCHES & PREPARATORY DRAWINGS BY HULDRICK

The drawings and sketches on this page are taken from my working sketchbooks.

I always like to have a sketchbook to hand when out and about. It is interesting to observe people and capture quick sketches of them going about their daily business.

It is a great discipline to sketch people naturally in the wild so to speak. You never know when they are going to move or get up and go so speed is the essence.

Left: Figures on Hastings Beach - sketch made with water soluble pencil and waterbrush

When on my travels I like to have a small sketchbook to hand. My favourite drawing tools are a soft water soluble pencil a water brush (brilliant tool) and an A6 hardback sketchbook. I bind these together with a velcro strap and it slips easily and inconspicuously into a pocket.

Pictured right my trusty sketchbook with homemade angle and viewfinders

I sometimes carry a few basic watercolour pencils or some tubes of Gouache for added colour.

This make for simple colour sketches done at speed on location.

Left: Perranporth beach watercolour pencil sketch.

NEW! Perranporth Sketching Trip · July 2011

During a recent Sketching trip to Perranporth, North Cornwall I produced most of my sketches using gouache and water soluable pencil.

I like the movement in the first sketch (left) and I am currently trying to work this up into an oil painting in the studio. More on that in the work in progress page.

After a day of strong wind and rain I went for a clifftop stroll and watched the sea. That evening I spent tyring to note down in paint what I had observed that day.

Left: Perranporth beach watercolour pencil sketch.
Below Left: Stormy sea.
Below Centre: Sandy Cove.
Below Right: Stormy Sea at St. Ives.

■ HONFLEUR · NORMANDY · Sketching Trip · November 2010

In November I visited Honfleur in Normandy currently high on my list of places to paint and sketch.

The town is really beautiful whatever time of year you chose to visit. I first came here in July 2010 and have been back several times since. Lovely.

Left: Honfleur, Normandy. Sketch of the Vieux Bassin in pen and ink with watersoluble pencils
Below: Small detail sketch of the Bassin Honfleur in gouache and pencil.

Honfleur Sketch

■La rochelle · July 2010

During the summer of 2010 I spent some time in La Rochelle in France. Wonderfull walled town with harbour. Enjoyed the coastline and cycle paths betwee La Rochelle and Chataillion Plage.

Left: La Rochelle watercolour sketch