The Story Behind the Urban Sketching

Back in Jan 2021 I had just been visiting my sister in Sydney and then all the covid restrictions came in and I was caught in a hot zone. So I drove out to Lightning Ridge and did my two weeks quarantine there so I could re enter Queensland and my new home at Possum Park.

While I was in Lightning Ridge I managed to drive around some of the old mines and photograph a dozen or so old cars that seemed interesting. At this stage I was still painting animals and a few landscapes and hadn’t gotten into urban sketching yet.

So fast forward two years and now I can’t stop sketching rusted out old cars, trucks and tractors and the occasional building and boat.

My Sketching and Painting Process

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Watercolour Paint, Ink & Paper

I use Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour on Arches France Watercolour Paper, 300g Hot Pressed or Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Paper 300g Hot Pressed..

Tombo Brush Pens N15, N45, N55, N60, N65, N95 and Faber Castell Fine-liners 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7

My painting come from my own experiences that I have photographed while traveling. By reading this blog, you as a viewer can now hear The Story Behind the Painting. Where, when, what was happening while I was photographing the wildlife. 

Enjoy, Chris Osborne