The Story Behind the Urban Sketching

After I created a set of greeting cards for the Pioneer Park at Dalby I delivered them to their gift shop and couldn’t resist taking some more photos of the tractors. The previous week they had a show at the park and as a result some of the tractors were re garaged in a different order. This enabled me to get some new photos of difficult to photograph tractors, as you can see they are really crammed in to the shed.

My Sketching and Painting Process

Initial Pencil sketch.

Adding waterproof Ink over the pencil so this will not bleed during the watercolour stage.

Pencil marks erased.

Watercolour added loosely just for some basic colour and also the Tombo brush pens added for toning and shadows.

Drawing in all the fine details in ink and a little more watercolour.

As you can see in the final sketch I usually imaging the tractor outside with some junk laying around it. I think this creates a better story and gives the sketch some space and softer edges.

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