CPS Sketchcrawl !!

Yesterday was our first monthly "sketchcrawl" my good friend and fellow CPSer John Hendrick and I went out for a day of sketching. We planned on going to manhattan to re-make the day I had previously at Bryant park and at the NYC public library. But due to certain circumstances such as last minute papers to write and dentist appointments we decided to save that possibly for next month. We ended up going to Eisenhower park on Long Island. We stayed there and enjoyed the sun and put our sketchbooks to good use. After that we headed over to Pearl Paint to pick up some supplies and then went to Barnes and Noble where we finished the day off. I have to stop being lazy and actually scan these instead of just taking photos of them with my iPhone. I put together a small traveling watercolor set so I can actually force myself to do more watercolor drawing since I think I'm lacking in that department. I'm sure most of you know that Moleskine sketchbooks and watercolors don't go together that well,but besides that I'm pretty satisfied with my watercolor drawing. It's a little more simplified that my usual drawings but I'm happy about how loose it is. The third photo is the second drawing from the park which was a public safety building. This was much more my style and what I'm comfortable with. All in all it was a good day, I'm happy with all my drawings and I'm definitely looking forward to next month. ( Top photo John Hendrick, middle RGPS )

Peace,

RGPS

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Finished my portrait for the Moleskine Exchange

Even though I haven't been Posting anything on the blog i have been doing artwork. I spent a long day yesterday in Manhattan drawing non-stop and the cherry on top was seeing The Shins at Terminal 5. The show was awesome and I went with a bunch of friends so it was fun. I'll try to upload some photos from my day at Bryant Park, the NYC public library and wherever else I was drawing tomorrow if I get an opportunity. 

I got my japanese moleskine today in the mail so I dove right in. I tried using watercolor in the moleskine even though it was strange 'cause the moleskine paper soaks the color and "dulls" it out. I did a profile of myself with my hand extending holding a pen drawing a rose. I also included an archway from the NYC Public Library, I used reference from a photo I took when I was there sketching. I took photos with my phone of the progress in the moleskine; first outline, the shading and finally the watercolor. I'm happy and I'm definitely looking forward to shipping this out and receiving Julie's book in the mail. Which will hopefully be soon, I want to take advantage of the fact that I've been so productive. We'll see.

Peace,

RGPS

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$2 Bookbag with giant zipper

I know i've been slacking on putting stuff up, but I have been drawing. I was at the library yesterday with my friend Chris and I started doing a drawing of his bookbag 'cause it was interesting looking (it has a gigantic zipper). It took about 20 minutes. I took three pictures the first was the pencil sketch but the photo that I took with my phone didn't come out good. So I only used the first outline and the final product. I used a 02 Pigma Micron and an 005 for the shading. I have no clue what brand the bookbag was, when i asked Chris he said someone gave it to him it was a $2 bookbag. So here's a drawing of a $2 book bag with a giant zipper.

Peace 

RGPS

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SX-70 land camera self-portrait

I completely forgot about my SX-70 until I was cleaning my place and I found it. I spoke briefly about it and the Polaroid film to my girlfriend and she was nice enough to go out and buy me some. The Polaroid SX-70 land camera was the first Polaroid instant camera ever made. It was manufactured between 1972-1977. The cameras are very tough and still work after all these years. The only problem is you won't find film that you can use for the SX-70. The good thing is you can modify Polaroid 600 film to fit and work in an SX-70 using a neutral density filter. I stayed up late last night and set mine up. I ended up taking 8 of the 10 shots last night between 3-6am. This was my favorite. 

Peace,

RGPS

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