再び、カジュアルなスケッチ会

ここ最近、声をかけやすい友だち数人とパッと出かけてサッと描く、カジュアルなスケッチ会がマイブーム。

I've been having this casual sketch outing with a good circle of friends recently.

このあいだも（とは言っても、もう１ヶ月前のことだけど）、みんなで軽く人形町エリアをスケッチしてきました。

Just recently (tho, it's already a month ago), we went out to Ningyo-cho area in Tokyo, and did some sketching of their retro-ish neighborhood.

みんなと合流する前に入ったカフェ、良い雰囲気の高い壁に圧倒されつつ、がんばった（笑）

Before meeting up with friends, had lunch at this fancy cafe in Hama-cho. It was too fancy I kinda got overwhelmed sketching it and it shows doesn't it? 

そして、人形町の少し懐かしい感じの建物をみんなで描くことに。

Here's the old looking neighborhood.

これが現場

Voila

近くのお寿司屋さん。絶対に全部描けないから！と、最初から描くことを放棄。左ページの煙突部分から描きたいところだけ描いた一枚。

This is a Sushi restaurant close by.  I knew that I couldn't capture the whole thing, so I started from drawing the air duct on the left side page, and drew whatever I wanted to draw, not thinking about completing the whole building. 

近くの飲み屋さん。これはもう終わりにしようか？というタイミングで描き始めた一枚。

正直これが一番いつもの自分っぽい線な気がしてる。

When I did this last sketch, we were about to leave for some beers, so I wasn't thinking much.  But that, is what I needed... no expectations.  I realized that I've been trying to do "good sketches" before this one... 

現場

おじさんが吸い込まれて行く瞬間。

家に帰ってから手直ししたんだけど、、、。。。

I re-touched this one once I got home, to boost up the contrast... hmmm...

Quick sketch gathering with San Diego sketcher, Taka

By Taka-san's call we met in Ningyocho and have two-hour sketch session before having drinking. In the first half time, unlike usual, we lined up in front of a nostalgic looking sushi shop, and captured it. we usually scatter around and each one draw different subject but this time we drew same building from almost same standing point. It is interesting to see how everyone depicted it. What diversity our result has!

















I drew this with ballpoint pens for a change.



In the second half time we visited Suitengu shrine. This place is popular among young women and couples who are wishing babies and healthy/ easy delivery.























Dogs are symbol to easy delivery. These dogs heads are so well rubbed that they are so shiny.







Taka-san also invited new participant, Yusuke-san.