nailing it down
November 2, 2009 3 Comments
This place, ‘Nails by Tam’, is found on 3rd street in Davis, way down near L street (aka Linguistics Street, as per my street re-naming rules). This is the first drawing from Watercolour Moleskine #5. Actually that’s not true; this is the second, but I haven’t finished the first one yet, on page 1 (it’s of shoes, if you’re interested). But this is the first posted. I drew this yesterday on a quick cycle downtown. I had to draw some urban on Urban Sketcher’s first birthday. It was fairly warm and I had to chase the moving shade of a telegraph pole in order not to get sunburnt (haha, it’s November, folks back in England).
I have drawn this place before; it’s very sketchable. The last time was back in 2006, when I coloured it in watercolour pencil (see below). I think it’s nice to see how my style has evolved and improved over the past three years. But I do like the effect in the old one.
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Interesting to see your style evolution. The latest sketch is certainly more assured and confident. I like the old one too – it is somehow endearing.
Have you EVER seen anyone going in or out of that building??
You know, there was a guy who came out and went to a car while I was drawing, he didn’t look like a nails customer, so come to think of it, no I haven’t. Never thought about it really.