Very accomplished sketches, just excellent !
I would like to see some more using the Sailor Fude pen if you have any handy.
The pen & wash of the corner shop is very obviously a pen in a painters hand .
I didn’t know it could be done quite like that ! (& I’ve seen a lot)
Thanks for sharing,
Mike.

I love how the lines just flow like there was no effort to capture these scenes on paper!
I especially like the corner store and I keep staring at it trying to memorize how your lines indicate that it is on a corner. (I have a lousy eye for angles!)

Excellent!
Sheila

one of my students told me something to deal with perspective that I was [I]never [/I]taught at school or college – she said imagine the line as the hand on a clock – what time is it pointing at.

It’s like fighter pilots – ‘bandits at 6 o’ clock’ ! but so visual and easy to use. I just don’t think mathematically with x point perspective, I work more instinctively. I now teach that to my students.

A tutor, years ago said ‘imagine your brush/pencil is [I]touching [/I]the thing being painted’ I sort of [I]feel [/I]the shape/line, and work fast which keeps the fluidity.

Hope that’s helpful

VERY helpful! Best way I’ve ever heard it explained! Thanks so much!
Sheila

I like your style.:)

Vhere,
Another question- popped up when I was dreaming about drawing an urban setting. Do you measure the angles to get the same degree when doing the something like the shop? I mean, there is the door at 12 o’clock and then each side going off, we’ll say at 3 minutes before 12 and 3 minutes after. In my “less than easy and loose” approach to things I rarely get accurate mirror angles and am wondering if this comes naturally to you or if you have another trick to share?

Thanks!
Sheila

One easy method I find useful is to hold a straight edge up (with one eye closed) to get the angle right,a ruler,your pen, whatever is handy.
Often I will hold it in my left hand being right handed & draw it whilst directly observing the straight edge rather than the actual subject , & YES you do get some surprises, can that really be right ? Well yes it must be !
Mike.